On the other hand, Ukraine, with the continuous assistance of Western allies, has achieved remarkable results on the front line. The G7 and Western heavyweight allies held a video conference or meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky on May 8, “Victory Day”, to increase their support for Ukraine against Russia. . The German chancellor said that, as in World War II, freedom will prevail over dictatorial violence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in the name of “special military operation” on February 24 in an attempt to achieve the goals of “demilitarization” and “denazification”. The war has continued for 75 days and has not ended.
Reuters and Deutsche Welle reported that at 10 a.m. local time on May 9, Russia held a World War II “Victory Day” (Victory Day) military parade on Red Square in the capital, Moscow, to commemorate the defeat in World War II. Nazi Germany, the outside world is concerned about whether Putin will make a major declaration on the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to preliminary information, Putin called the move to Ukraine “the only and correct decision” because “the West is ready to invade Russia”.
The report pointed out that Putin said that Russia proposed a security agreement in November last year, but it was rejected by European and American countries. “The West is preparing to invade Russia, and NATO is creating tensions on the border. “
Putin declared that the Russian army was “fighting for the people of Donbas”, praising Russia for fighting neo-Nazis and preventing the tragedy of World War II from being repeated.
Due to the repeated failures of the Russian army on the front line, the sensitive time of “Victory Day” has attracted attention from all walks of life. “CNN” reported that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (Dmitry Peskov) said that due to the weather, the air show of the Victory Day military parade has been canceled. It is understood that 77 military planes were scheduled to fly over the Red Square to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.
It is reported that the military parade mobilized 11,000 soldiers, as well as 131 groups of armaments, 77 fighter planes and helicopters, and displayed a variety of strategic and tactical weapons, including the “Doomsday Special Aircraft” specially designed for nuclear warfare. Ilyushin IL-80″, and the “Iskander” short-range ballistic missile system that can carry nuclear warheads.
Although the Kremlin announced the cancellation of the air show ceremony of the military parade on Red Square, there were still a small number of pro-Russian celebrations in the Russian-occupied port city of Kherson.
“CNN” reported that on pro-Russian social media, a video of some civilians celebrating Russia’s “Victory Day” in the Kherson area was circulated. I saw people taking to the streets, waving red flags, and some people’s Still holding flowers. Local Ukrainian activists in Kherson said that Russia had arrested some people from Crimea to participate in the “Victory Day” celebrations to make up the scene and make the people who took to the streets look crowded. a little.
In addition, “CNN” reported that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin (Marat Khusnullin) said on the communication software Telegram that he visited Udong’s Donetsk People’s Republic, Luhansk People’s Republic and Vornovaha. , On the 8th, he also visited Malibo, a port city in southern Ukraine, and chatted with the local people to understand the situation. He said that rehabilitation work has been carried out in these areas to restore the people to a peaceful life, and the Russian side will provide assistance and humanitarian assistance.
The report pointed out that this is the highest Russian official to set foot on Ukrainian territory so far. In this regard, Petro Andrushenko, an aide to Ukraine’s nationally elected mayor of Malibo, angrily denounced that such “inspections” have been increasing recently, mainly to integrate the land occupied by the Russian army into Russia.
“Agence France-Presse” reported that when Putin congratulated the former Soviet Union on the 77th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany on May 8, he took the opportunity to call on the confidence of the Russian army, he emphasized: “Today, our soldiers, like their ancestors, are holding Confidence is fighting to liberate their homeland from those Nazi filth. Like in 1945, victory will be ours.” Putin concluded by expressing hope that “all residents of Ukraine can have a peaceful and just future. “.
“Central News Agency” reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (Volodymyr Zelenskiy) on May 8 also issued an impassioned World War II “Victory Day” speech. Europe commemorates the official surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies on this day.
Zelensky said in a video address that the lives defended by World War II fighters came to an end after the February 24 invasion by Russian troops. “Evil is back. In a different look, with a different slogan, but the same purpose,” he said. However, he said Ukraine and its allies would win. “No evil can escape responsibility, it cannot hide in a bunker.”
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler spent the last days of his life hiding in a Berlin bunker where he committed suicide just days before the end of World War II.
Moscow authorities called the February 24 invasion of Ukraine a “special military operation”. Ukraine and Western allies say Russia has launched an unprovoked act of aggression.
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) and Zelensky also chose to hold a video conference on May 8, which was intended to show the solidarity of Western allies and the determination of Ukraine to resist Russia. After the meeting, the G7 issued a joint statement, promising to strengthen the economic isolation of Russia and gradually lift its energy dependence on Russia. G7 leaders assured Zelensky of their full support for Ukraine’s defense, providing Ukraine with more than $24 billion in additional support in 2022 and beyond. The White House also announced a series of additional sanctions on Russian media and bank executives on the same day.
Putin’s “Victory Day” speech experts dumbfounded that the countdown to the Russian army’s defeat
Putin’s brief remarks at the “Victory Day” military parade did not make a major announcement on the Russian-Ukrainian war as expected. In this regard, Phillips P. O’Brien, a professor at the Institute of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom, said that after reading the translation of Putin’s “Victory Day” speech, people have a feeling of “that’s it?” He believes that Putin has no idea at all, “either he does not understand the actual situation in Ukraine now, or he deliberately ignores it.”
O’Brien added that Putin did not mention important key points such as formally declaring war on Ukraine or issuing a national mobilization order, “then the content of his speech is irrelevant.” He also believes that “without concrete steps to build a new combat power, Russia will not be able to fight a protracted war, and the time has already begun for the defeat of the Russian army in Ukraine.”
The Russian frontline suffered heavy losses, Ukraine announced the latest results
Ukraine is stubbornly resisting, and the 79th Independent Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces released a video on the 9th, stating that it continued to destroy the Russian army and its military equipment in the Unan Nikolayev area, including various armored vehicles and Tiger light armored vehicles, “The video It appears that several enemy vehicles were on fire after the artillery units of the 79th Independent Assault Brigade carried out professional ‘work’.”
The unit’s drone unit commander stressed that no matter how hard the Russians tried to hide their equipment, “we still found it and fired at them clearly”.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced the latest results on the afternoon of the 9th. From the Russian invasion on February 24 to 6:00 a.m. on May 9, the Russian army lost about 25,650 people. The Ukrainian army destroyed 1,145 Russian tanks, 2,764 armored vehicles, 513 artillery systems, 185 multiple rocket vehicles, 87 air defense systems, 199 military aircraft, 158 helicopters, 1970 various vehicles & tankers, 12 ships, 377 drones, 41 special equipment and 94 cruise missiles.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also mentioned that the Russian army suffered the most damage in the past day in the Avdiivka area in the city of Udon Donetsk.
Putin’s internal worries continue to expand, the official media has a rare situation that the “secret mistress” has something to do
The Russian military invasion continued to meet the strong resistance of the Ukrainian military and civilians. Not only did it encounter repeated setbacks on the front line, but it was getting farther and farther away from victory. At present, some rare signs have begun to appear in Russia. The internal worries of the Putin regime seem to be expanding.
*Russian TV “Victory Day” hacked?”Blood on Hands” Anti-War Slogan Appears on Various Channels
Screenshots obtained by Reuters show that Russia celebrated the 77th anniversary of its victory in World War II on the 9th. Russian satellite TV was hacked, the TV menu was changed, and each channel displayed anti-war slogans such as “Blood on your hands”. Audiences in Moscow present messages about the war in Ukraine. Reuters reported, citing Interfax, that the information also appeared on a hacked cable television broadcast in Russia.
Other inserted messages included “hands with the blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of children dying”, “TV and relevant units are lying. Say no to the war”.
A Russian news website was also placed in anti-war material slamming Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the messages were taken down immediately. It was unclear how the anti-war slogans and messages were inserted, the report said.
The slogans came just before Putin’s “Victory Day” military parade and speech on Moscow’s Red Square, where he compared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Soviet defeat of Hitler’s Nazi Germany before World War II.
After the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian government strictly controlled relevant speeches and severely punished the dissemination of war-related news. Remarks such as anti-war and slandering the Russian Armed Forces that were identified as “false news” were subject to high fines and up to 15 years in prison.
*Russian official media released a rare signal?Interview with experts: It is difficult to compete with NATO by criticizing weapons as “obsolete”
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the war that was originally regarded by the outside world as a war with disparity in combat power has been more than two months. The Russian army not only failed to achieve any specific goals, but also suffered serious casualties and battle losses. With the assistance of NATO and other Western military forces, they successfully defended the Russian army’s wave after wave of offensives.
Julia Davis, a columnist for The Daily Beast and a Russian media analyst, shared a video of Russian state TV interviewing senior military expert Mikhail Khodaryonok via Twitter on the 8th. . The expert said bluntly that Russia’s outdated weapons cannot easily compete with the weapons provided by NATO to Ukraine, and Russia does not have the ability to quickly upgrade and replenish its arsenal.
According to the news website “Focus Online”, the program mentioned that the 9th would be Russia’s “Victory Day”. Many analysts speculated that Putin would announce the “General Mobilization of the Russian Army” on this day, adding military equipment and personnel. Hodalinok said that even if Putin really wants to mobilize, I am afraid that there will be no turning point in the war against Ukraine.
He said: “Suppose we want a new ship today, and I’m afraid it will take two years to build it; or if we want to add a tank battalion, I think it will take at least 90 days to form it, because our arsenal is not advanced. Weapons and equipment. It would be wrong to have people go to wars in the 21st century with outdated weapons, even against NATO.”
Hodalinok’s remarks have caused a lot of controversy in Russia. Compared with his family’s complaints that his arsenal is outdated, what is even more heatedly discussed is that Russian state TV, the official Russian media, actually allows such speeches criticizing the government to appear. , very rare.
* Putin is seriously ill?Veteran reporter broke the news: Commander won’t dump his nuclear attack order
The “Daily Mail” reported that as the Russian military is in trouble in combat, the possibility of Russia resorting to nuclear weapons has increased. Last week, the Russian side announced almost every day through the official media, saying that it would use a “nuclear tsunami” (nuclear tsunami) tidal wave), which completely destroyed Britain and Ireland.
However, Christo Grozev, a veteran journalist who won the European Investigative Journalism Award for Bellingcat, a news investigative group, broke the news that if Putin ordered the Russian military to dispatch nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine or Western countries, his top commanders may ignore it. The order, because many of Russia’s leading military, national security officials and cronies of the oligarchs believe that Putin is dying and terminally ill.
Putin was previously photographed with shaking hands and sitting in an odd posture, with his right hand clutching the table during a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, prompting speculation about his health. Last week, news broke that Putin had cancer and Parkinson’s disease and was about to undergo surgery.
“I can’t talk without intelligence, but I know that the oligarchs closest to him (Putin) claim that Putin is sick,” Grozev told Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in an interview.
Also, about a month ago, Lubyanka (where the Russian Federal Security Service is located) sent a letter to the heads of the Federal Security Service all over the place, saying: “If you hear that he (Putin) has If you are seriously ill, we firmly ask you to ignore it.” And this also made the outside world think that the content of the letter was contradicting.
Grozev believes that whether Putin is dying or terminally ill, these are not important; the point is that people around him think so, and this situation has changed the practice of how loyal people around Putin need to be to him.
*If Putin dies suddenly, who will succeed him?British scholar names these two for fear of being tougher and more aggressive
“Daily Star” reported that in recent days, rumors about Putin suffering from abdominal cancer and Parkinson’s disease have been rampant. In addition, Russia’s war in Ukraine may fail. This situation may make Putin the only one to bear. The target of “responsibility for defeat” faces the risk of stepping down.
In this regard, Dr. Sarah Whitmore, an expert on Russian politics at Oxford Brookes University, told the Mirror that there will be action within the Kremlin to choose the winner of the next presidential election. Possible contenders include Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the former Soviet Union’s National Security Council (KGB) and current secretary of the Federal Security Council, and Shoigu, the defense minister who has been under the spotlight since the war.
According to reports, Patrushev, 70 years old, has so far been regarded by the outside world as a key architect of the tactics of the “war of aggression against Ukraine”; at the same time, he also convinced Putin that the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is full of “neo-Nazis”. “neo-Nazis” (neo-Nazis), but neither he nor Shoigu have a tougher and more aggressive style than Putin.
Dr Whitmore said that in the event of Putin’s sudden and sudden death, the public must be informed and some form of succession measures organized; under the Russian constitution, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin would Temporarily take over the presidency, and then must hold general elections within 3 months.
*Russian intelligence community shocked: Putin was furious when he learned that his wife was pregnant unexpectedly
In addition to rumors that Putin’s health is not optimistic, there has also been a recent incident that made Putin angry. The Daily Star reported that Putin recently discovered that his mistress, Alina Kabaeva, was pregnant again, but that does not appear to be the case, ex-Kremlin intelligence sources said on the self-hosted Telegram social channel General SVR. His planned plan made him quite angry.
According to reports, people familiar with the matter said that when the news of Kabayeva’s pregnancy came out, Putin was busy preparing for the military parade on May 9; and he, who is now divorced, became unhappy and unhappy after learning that his wife was pregnant. Too willing to talk, worried that this news will make the news of celebrating “Victory Day” pale in comparison.
The report pointed out that Kabayeva, known by the outside world as the “most flexible woman” in Russian diplomacy, gave birth to a son in Moscow with Putin in 2015 and 2019 respectively, and there were rumors that she had previously been hiding in Switzerland.
* “Victory Day” does not give face, Russians hold posters to protest “Shame for you”
Foreign media reported that on the day of the “Victory Day” military parade in Moscow, a man, Vladimir Saltevsky, who participated in the “Immortal Legion” parade in the city of Novosibirsk, was in the process of the parade. Protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with posters that read “I am ashamed of you, children! We fought for peace, but you chose war.”
Saltevsky was subsequently arrested by local police and accused of smearing the Russian army. Fortunately, he was finally released with the assistance of a lawyer.
Russian front-line generals suffered heavy casualties, important Western allies visited Kyiv German Prime Minister: Freedom will defeat dictatorial violence
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, it has lost a large number of senior generals. The British Ministry of Defense pointed out that due to the poor performance of the Russian army on the front line and difficulties in command and control, the senior commander of the Russian army was sent to the front line to command the battlefield, resulting in the killing of those who were killed. The probability also increases; when the high-level commander dies in battle, the lower-level commander who takes over will have relatively little experience in combat command, the commander will not trust subordinates, do not delegate command power, and the low-level commander lacks combat experience and other situations will continue to be vicious cycle.
Relative to the situation in Russia, May 8 is the “Victory Day in Europe” of World War II, commemorating Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945. On the same day, in addition to the G7 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via video conference and promising to provide more support, heavyweights from Western allies visited Kyiv one after another to continue to cheer Ukraine.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on the 8th for talks with Zelensky. Trudeau announced in a post-conference news conference that the Canadian government would provide more military aid to Ukraine, while imposing a new wave of sanctions on Russian individuals and entities linked to the invasion. He also revealed that because of Russia’s actions, people all over the world will go hungry, and the Canadian government will assist Ukraine in finding possible options for how to transport food in order to maintain “global food security.” Consider options such as the Danube river port in the south to get food stuck in the country out.
US First Lady Jill Biden also traveled to Ukraine without prior announcement on the 8th, at an elementary school hosting displaced persons in the small town of Uzhhorod in southwestern Ukraine, Meeting with Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine. “We think it’s paramount to show the Ukrainian people that this war must stop… This war is brutal, and Americans stand by the Ukrainians,” Jill Biden said.
German Bundestag Speaker Baerbel Bas, one step ahead of the German President and Chancellor, also visited Kyiv on the 8th and met with Zelensky. The two sides discussed issues related to arms aid and Ukraine’s entry into the European Union (EU). , and jointly commemorate the victims of World War II.
The relationship between Germany and Ukraine was once tense because of the refusal to visit. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier revealed last month that he was refused a visit to Ukraine. The outside world speculated that it was because of his pro-Russian stance. However, Ukraine clarified that it was not rejecting Steinmeier. Instead, he hoped that the visitor would be German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“Deutsche Welle” reported that German Chancellor Scholz pointed out in a speech to the German nation on the 8th to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II that the Russians and Ukrainians fought side by side during World War II to defeat Nazi Germany. Huge sacrifice, and today Putin wants to destroy Ukrainian culture and identity, and even compares barbaric aggression to being anti-Nazi. Scholz said bluntly: “This is a falsification of history and a shameful distortion, and we have an obligation to make it clear.”
Scholz said that there will be no peace in Ukraine under the Russian dictatorship, and neither Ukraine nor Germany can accept the dictatorship. Scholz is also convinced that Putin will not win the war, Ukraine will prevail, and freedom will win, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, violence and dictatorship 77 years ago.
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