Attack on victory day. Putin accused the West of waging war against Russia

As for Russia, Putin continued, “there are no friends and no enemies, neither in the East nor in the West”. Nothing is now more important than the efforts of the Russian military, he continued.

“Today the security of the country depends on you, the future of our state and our people depends on you (…) You fulfill your military tasks with honor, you fight for Russia”Before starting continued: “To Russia, to our gallant armed forces, for victory! Hurray!”.

Vladimir Putin criminalized the “hegemonic ideology defended by Western leaders”, accusing him of being forgotten.

“Any hegemonic ideology is hateful, criminal and deadly (…) They seem to have forgotten who led the Nazis’ deranged ambition for world supremacy”Vladimir Putin said during a military parade on Red Square in Moscow.

In the words of the Russian President, “Western globalized elites” are responsible for “turning people against each other, dividing societies and inciting bloody conflicts”..

“The objective of the West is to destroy and destroy our country.”Putin blamed the attack on Ukraine as an act to defend Russia against Western aggression.

The Victory Day Russian military parade began on Red Square in Moscow, under heavy security measures, in the presence of the President of Russia and several leaders of former Soviet republics.

A traditional parade led by Vladimir Putin, who will then address the troops at the parade, including units fighting in Ukraine, a country occupied by Russia in February 2022.

Victory Day commemorates the European victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945, at the end of World War II. In countries under the influence of the former Soviet Union, since 1967, Victory Day began to be celebrated. May 9 is considered a holiday, marking the day Nazi forces surrendered to Soviet troops.

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