After his speech in the Red Square, in the morning, the Russian president Vladimir Putin stated that there was no doubt that the “special military operation“Moscow in Ukraine will have an effect, according to the news agency TASS.
Putin made the remarks after the Russian president oversaw the annual military parade in Red Square over the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
“All the plans are being implemented. “There will be a result – so there is no doubt,” he was quoted as saying.
The new message, a declaration of Russia’s victory in Ukraine, was missing from the Russian president’s morning speech at the majestic military parade in Red Square on the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, which the West has been eagerly awaiting. could draw conclusions about the next Russian steps in Ukraine.
Lately, the scenarios in the West have been giving and taking with leading analysts to speculate about what would be revealed.
However, his 11-minute speech Russian president did not solve many questions.
In fact, the BBC comments that Putin can get some satisfaction from everything he was feverishly trying to guess in the West about what he would say in his speech.
What he did not say
Apart from the predictable link between the current war in Ukraine and the fight against Nazism in World War II, the Russian president has given no real indication of his future intentions.
There was no indication of further escalation, although there were reports of casualties, something that Moscow systematically avoids. But, there has been no change in terminology and it remains the “special military operation” instead of “war”.
Vladimir Putin did not give any timeline for how the war in Ukraine would unfold, nor for the fate of Russian-occupied territories.
In addition, he made no mention of the use of nuclear weapons, nor of a generalized Russian attack, which the West also speculates is in Putin’s plans.
He did not mention Ukraine by name and there was no mention of the bloody battle for Mariupol.
In a first reading of the speech, analysts note that Putin was restrained, as it is estimated that there is a backlash in Russian circles in the event of escalation.
That is why there was no reference to general mobilization. On the other hand, he encouraged Russians to fight in Ukraine, saying that their children would be able to enter Russian universities without exams.
He also assured that the Russian state will take care of the children of those who lose their lives in Ukraine.
The Russian president kept his papers closed today, and the BBC commented: “Is Putin satisfied with making everyone guess, or does the lack of new evidence reflect a Russian retreat on the battlefield?”
What he said
On the other hand, Putin, with the same arguments he uses from the outset, tried to give a credible explanation for the war in Ukraine.
Addressing the troops gathered in Red Square, he condemned what he described as external threats to the weakening and disintegration of Russia and reiterated the well-known argument: that NATO was creating threats right next to the country’s borders.
The West – he said – was preparing to invade our land and Russia gave a “precautionary response” with the invasion of Ukraine.
It was a forced, timely and correct decision, he added, adding that Russian operations are now focused on Donbas.
In this context, the Russian president stressed, “the special military operation was a necessary and timely measure, it was the only right decision we could make.”
He noted that Russia “urged Europe to reach a fair compromise, but they did not want to hear from us.”
Putin stressed that Russia’s duty was to prevent a new world war: “It’s our duty to preserve the memory of those who overthrew Nazism; and to do everything possible to prevent a recurrence of the horrors of a world war.”
It was addressed directly to troops fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which Russia has pledged to “liberate” from Kyiv.
“Defending the homeland, when its fate is decided, has always been sacred,” he said. “Today you are fighting for our people in Donbas, for the security of Russia, for our country.”
“You are fighting for the homeland, its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of World War II. “So that there is no place in the world for executors, punishers and Nazis,” he said.
There was a minute’s silence in his speech. “The death of each of our soldiers and officers is a common pain and an irreparable loss for our friends and relatives,” Putin said, pledging that the state would take care of the children and their families.
Putin addressed Russia on one of its most important annual anniversaries, when the country honors the 27 million Soviet citizens who lost their lives in the battle against Adolf Hitler – a milestone in national pride and identity.
Red carnations
Putin then laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and placed red carnations on the monuments in honor of the Soviet Heroic Cities that resisted Hitler’s forces. These included Kyiv and Odessa – a reminder of the enormous losses suffered by the Ukrainians, as well as the Russians, in the war.
The imposing event could not hide the fact that 75 days after the start of the largest offensive in a European country since World War II, the Russian army has failed to bring victory to Putin.
The Russian army, marked by logistics and equipment problems, poor coordination and tactics, repulsed the initial attack attempt on the capital Kyiv and then set the most limited goal of occupying Donbas.
But even there, the army is struggling to make decisive progress, and the war has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and destroyed large parts of Ukraine.
Kyiv and the West claim that Russia’s death toll from the war exceeds 15,000 Soviet soldiers killed in the 1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan war. Russia has not updated its casualties since March 25, when it said 1,351 soldiers had been killed.
The West has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russian banks, businesses and members of Putin’s inner circle, with US President Joe Biden calling him a war criminal. Moscow denies that its forces are targeting civilians or that it has committed war crimes.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said today that for Putin and his generals, “there can be no day of victory, only of disgrace and certainly defeat in Ukraine.”
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