The parades for her started today, Monday, in Russia Victory Day against the Nazis, in the shadow of the so-called “special operation in Ukraine” by the Kremlin. In videos from the parades in Yekaterinburg Men wearing armbands with the symbol of the Russian invasion Z can be seen.
Participants of the military parade in #Yekaterinburg wear the “Z” symbol.
Саша Зубковский / It’s My City. pic.twitter.com/V8sfOpfj7h
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 9, 2022
According to unconfirmed information from the Open Source Intelligence Monitor quoted by the Western media, “any statements or announcements by Russian President Putin are expected to be made very soon after the end of the Moscow Parade. around 12 p.m., “Whether it is a General Mobilization and / or a Declaration of War against Ukraine or neither, we will not know until it happens.”
At this point all we can do is wait and see whether this War could be coming to an end soon or whether it is about to get much much worse, we will be watching as I am most of the World will also be doing ……
– OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 9, 2022
According to NBC, Western officials have expressed concern that the president Vladimir Putin will use Victory Day as an opportunity to formally declare war on Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in February.
Analysts say that after more than two months of fighting in which the Russian invasion Putin seems to have “climbed”, he has limited options, ranging from full military mobilization to the “declaration of victory” in Donbas. Putin’s options include declaring war, declaring “victory in eastern Ukraine” and partially mobilizing forces.
For weeks, rumors have been circulating that Putin could use the day as an opportunity to declare “victory in eastern Ukraine.”
If Russian troops finally manage to bend the Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, it could try to build a land bridge between the mainland and the Crimean peninsula (which Russia annexed in 2014) in triumph – albeit less than , what he initially hoped.
“He tried to occupy Ukraine and overthrow the government. On the contrary, it had huge losses, loss of equipment, degradation of the army, international pressure and sanctions». “It simply came to our notice then. “So he’s trying to give it some sort of ‘shine’ and say, ‘You know, this (special operation’) is justified and it works,” said Kurt Volker, a former ambassador to NATO and a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis.
However, Ukraine is unlikely to accept any peace deal that allows Russia to retain the territories it has occupied.
The French news agency publishes some photos from the festive events in its city Vladivostokon the Pacific coast.
A spokesman for President Putin Dmitry Peshkov had announced that neither country leaders nor the president of Belarus’s close ally, Alexander Lukashenko, had been invited to the Moscow parade this year. He also said there would be no official celebrations in Mariupol.
Victory Day parades begin in Russia.
People in Vladivostok take to the streets to watch the annual parade marking Russia 1945 victory over Nazi Germany.
This year parades aim to justify Russia war in Ukraine, which has gone on longer and cost more than Moscow expected pic.twitter.com/l2aeMeRfAj
– AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 9, 2022
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