A deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Andrei Ilenko, believes that Russia "steals someone else's history, starting with its name". This opinion was expressed by the parliamentarian in connection with the recent renaming of military units and formations in honor of their predecessors who distinguished themselves during the Great Patriotic War. The politician negatively perceived the changes in the Russian armed forces and set out his vision of history. "Since she stole our name and our history, and the Russian Empire has appeared," Ilenko said on the air of the TV channel "112". According to the Ukrainian parliamentarian, Russia has stolen from Ukraine its history - before Peter I the country was called "Muscovy", and Russia it was never. Meanwhile, Ilyenko's historical research is groundless: the name "Russia" has been used since the end of the fourteenth century, and it was not applied to the territory on which the present state is located Ukraine.

Kiev raised a new wave of anti-Russian hysteria after President Vladimir Putin, by his decrees, conferred honorary titles in honor of victories in the Great Patriotic War with a number of units of the Russian Armed Forces: the 68th Tank Regiment became the Guards of Zhitomir-Berlin, the 90th Panzer Division - the Guards Tank Division The Vitebsk-Novgorod. Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Viktor Muzhenko wrote on his Facebook page that "by their decisions, Russians continue their long tradition of stealing someone else's history and glory".