August 13, 2015 (UNIAN
News Agency) Russian Air Force bomber pilots used training bombs signed “Toward Berlin!”
and “To Stalin” at the military drill held in the Kaliningrad region in early
August 2015, according to Deutsche Welle citing
Bild.
Slogans "Toward
Berlin!" and "To Stalin!" were widely used by the Soviet Union’s
Red Army during the World War II against Nazi Germany, Deutsche Welle reports. The
publication reminds that the exercises were held just 500 kilometers from the
Germany’s capital. Bild refers to Flot.com, the online Navy portal, where the
photos were published. It is noted that Flot.com is part of Mil.press media
group - Russian private online publication specializing in the navy fleets of
the Russian Federation and other countries.
According to Flot.com, within the
mentioned drills, the bombing by military transport aircraft An-26 was
practiced, for the first time in twenty years. The ongoing campaign for the
glorification of the Soviet era in Putin's Russia draws parallels between the
struggle against fascism in World War II and Moscow’s modern confrontation with
the Western world against
the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine, according to the report.
"The
inscriptions on bombs "Toward Berlin!" and "To Stalin!" are
something more than just an expression of nostalgia; they show portray
dangerous tendencies in the Russian government and the army," concludes
Bild.
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