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Putin Uses Orcas “Tearing Bears Apart” to Explain Russia’s War Against Ukraine to Children

Putin linked Russia’s war in Ukraine to predator behavior and said children should learn about the “food chain,” prompting war-crimes scrutiny from Kyiv.

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Putin tells Russian students that orcas hunting polar bears illustrates why Russia is conducting its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to students in Moscow, compared the war in Ukraine to a food chain in nature. He spoke of killer whales, which he said were attacking polar bears, and said that children should understand such relationships between predators and their prey in order to understand “what kind of world we live in” and why Russia is waging war.

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Vladimir Putin is appalled by an animal story. At a meeting with teachers, the Kremlin chief compares the Ukraine war with the alleged bloody struggle between polar bears and orcas. His story turns out to be a mere fantasy.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has used a fictional story about killer whales in the Arctic allegedly tearing up and eating polar bears in packs to explain the reason for the war against Ukraine.

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News.de broke the news on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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