Nikita Mikhalkov Said God Sent the War to Russians So They Would 'Wake Up From the Delusion'

Nikita Mikhalkov said that God sent the war to Russians so they would “wake up from the delusion.”

“I believe that the special military operation, terrible as it may sound, was perhaps sent to us by God: to wake us up from the delusion. Many have woken up. But all the same, we live in a country where one part is fighting and dying, while another wants to know nothing about it. War is not just shooting, drones, explosions, bombs, machine guns, and assault troops. War is the national self-awareness of the people living in the country, the inner concentration of every individual. After the Great Patriotic War, people were united by shared grief, shared tragedy, and shared victory. And that united them,” Mikhalkov explained in an interview with News. ru.

He also added that patience is a truly Russian quality, and that in order to achieve what he wants, a person must “endure and work.”