The Russian government has taken objection to social media posts by the United States that it said distorted the facts about World War II and the role of the former Soviet Union in it.

Su-30SM, Su-34 and Su-35S combat aircraft fly in formation above a monument during an air parade on Victory Day, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. (Photo: Agencies)

According to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday, Moscow intends to hold a "serious conversation" with Washington on the topic.

On Saturday, the White House's Instagram and Twitter account published a post in which the countries that won the victory over Nazi Germany were named as the US and Great Britain, while the USSR was not even mentioned. The post came out on May 9, when Russia celebrates the victory.

"The attempts to distort the results of the defeat of Nazism and the decisive contribution of our country which do not stop in Washington even during the solemn days of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, cause extreme indignation," Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry criticized the posts by the White House on its social networks, saying they demonstrated its lack of "courage and desire to pay even half a word of tribute to the undeniable role and colossal incommensurable victims that the Red Army and the Soviet people suffered then in the name of all humanity".

Facts of history

The foreign ministry stressed that the facts of history could not be ignored, regardless of the likes or dislikes about the Soviet Union and Russia.

Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said the words from the US administration don't match the cooperation between the two presidents.

Antonov said the misinformation unleashed in some countries in order to belittle the role of the USSR was unacceptable, and the Russian side should not be silent in response.

"We should talk about it, but speak calmly, reasonably, try to convey to ordinary Americans, to ordinary people in Europe and all over the world," Antonov said, noting that the Soviets lost 27 million people in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the Soviet role and contribution to the defeat of Nazism and its anti-Hitler coalition allies in this year's Victory Day speech.

The Red Army stormed Berlin in the spring of 1945 and the Soviet people's road to victory was heroic and self-sacrificial, said Putin.

He emphasized that Victory Day is "Russian's memory and pride, the history of our country and of every family, as well as a part of our souls, passed on to us by our parents and grandparents".