Russia has found a new preferred line of rhetorical attack in insisting that Israel is supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov extended an argument he made on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewish roots don’t preclude him from being a neo-Nazi. Israel was infuriated by the comments, saying the attack was “unforgivable.”

In a statement on Tuesday, Russia said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s response was “anti-historical” and that Israel’s response “large explain why the current Israeli government supports the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv.”

The statement went on to cite “examples of cooperation between Jews and the Nazis” during the Holocaust, according to the Times of Israel.

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Those examples of “cooperation,” according to Russia, were coerced during the Holocaust, but Zelensky participates in crimes “quite consciously and quite voluntarily,” the statement continued.

Lavrov’s comments on Sunday were aimed at criticizing Ukraine but drew ire from Israel, a country that has maintained relative neutrality in the conflict between the two countries.

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Tuesday’s attack on Lapid and the Israeli government could strain Israel’s neutrality.