# ‘Orcas hunt these bears’: Putin says children should learn the ‘food chain’ to understand Russia’s war

https://mins.news/en/item/37017

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-29 17:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/orcas-eat-them-like-little-fry-putin-compares-russias-war-in-ukraine-to-orcas-tearing-apart-polar-bears/

> Speaking to students and teachers at a Moscow university, Vladimir Putin compared Russia’s war against Ukraine to orcas tearing polar bears apart. He said children should learn about the “food chain” to understand why Russia is conducting its so-called “special military operation,” as Russian attacks on Ukraine entered a third consecutive day and killed at least 37 people in Kyiv Oblast.

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