“Comrades officers, non-commissioned officers, comrades, generals and admirals, I congratulate you on the 77th anniversary of the great victory. Even now these days you are fighting for our people in Donbass, for the security of our homeland ”. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin opening his speech for Victory Day. “Russia – Putin said – has always been in favor of creating an indivisible security system, but NATO did not want to listen to us”. And again, on what is happening in Ukraine: «The aggression in our historic Crimean lands was a threat to our borders, inadmissible for us. The danger grew every day, ours was a preventive act, a necessary and absolutely right decision ». Why With the attack on Ukraine, Moscow responded to “a direct threat near the Russian borders”, because “an attack had been prepared, including on Crimea”.
The Victory Day parade began in Moscow in remembrance of the end of the Second World War. Yesterday Putin in a message sent to the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk said he was fighting against the “Nazi scum. And as in 1945, we will win ”. “Russia has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War II,” Ukrainian President Zelensky retorted. Today is also Europe Day. Gentiloni: “let’s keep it tight”.
Moscow wants to flex its muscles to the world with 11,000 soldiers and tanks parading. There should also be paratroopers who participated in the “special military operation”, units seen parading on Red Square during the dress rehearsal. Since February 24, the Kremlin has spoken of a “special military operation” in Ukraine and has denied rumors – “untrue” and “meaningless” according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov – that Putin could order a general mobilization today.
