'Orcas hunt these bears' — Putin says children should learn the 'food chain' to understand Russia's war
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Vladimir Putin spoke about killer whales and polar bears in connection with the war in Ukraine, but the Russian president's claim is not supported by science.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has drawn a parallel between Russia's war against Ukraine and animal behavior in nature, telling students and educators that children should learn about predators and food chains to understand "what kind of world we live in" and why Russia is at war.
This is not the first time Putin has behaved strangely in public.
Vladimir Putin visited the State Educational University of Moscow. During a meeting with teachers and students he spoke with a teacher who had participated in an expedition to the North Pole. Putin asked him if he had met polar bears and then began to talk about the orcas and the balance of the food chain in the Arctic. Then the passage he is making to discuss: the Russian president connected the reasoning to the war in Ukraine, which the Kremli…
Putin compared the war against Ukraine to killer whales attacking polar bears Putin <p>compared the war against Ukraine to wildlife laws and killer whale attacks on polar bears. He also mentioned the cruel customs of the northern peoples.</p>
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