MOSCOW, April 18/ Radio Sputnik. Permanent representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov called for the press Secretary of the Embassy of the United States Rebecca Ross to explain a tweet with regards to the liberation mission of the Soviet troops in April 1945, his response he posted on Twitter.
the Press attache of the U.S. Embassy Rebecca Ross published Twitter account in which he mentioned the anniversary of the liberation of Vienna by Soviet troops and the fire in the Cathedral of St. Stephen.
“Seventy-five years ago, Soviet troops liberated Vienna from the Nazis. Throughout the war, Vienna’s famous St. Stephen’s Cathedral survived, and on 12 April 1945 it was badly damaged by fire. The reconstruction was funded by donations of the Austrians,” said Ross.
the Russian Ambassador criticized the statement Ross, noting the incorrect linking of the fire with the entry of Soviet troops in Vienna.
on the Thirteenth of April 1945 the Red army after fierce fighting, captured the city of Vienna. Within several days the Soviet troops, widely using assault groups were fighting for every house. The liberation of the capital of Austria took place in the Vienna offensive of the red army, which lasted from 16 March to 15 April 1945, troops of the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts in Western Hungary and Eastern Austria. Fighting on the immediate approaches to Vienna started on April 5.
Earlier radio Sputnik reported that, according to historians, Austria is an example of preserving the memory of the exploits of the red Army.
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