The West was preparing to invade our earth, Russia gave a “precautionary response” to Ukraine, it was a forced, timely and correct decision, he claimed. Vladimir Putin during his speech at the Red Square parade in Moscow on Victory Day against Nazism.
Referring to the developments with Ukraine, he claimed that “the West was preparing for an invasion of our territories, including Crimea. NATO posed threats to our borders. “The West did not want to listen to Russia, they had other plans.”
Live the parade
President Putin congratulated the victors of the “Great Patriotic War”, but also the protectors of Donbass today, in eastern Ukraine.
The parades for her started today, Monday, all over Russia Victory Day against the Nazis, in the shadow of the so-called “special operation in Ukraine” by the Kremlin.
The Victory Parade in #Moscow has started. pic.twitter.com/PxBmI4z3oE
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 9, 2022
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 NBC, Western officials had 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.
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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