While Russian forces are in Ukraine, a so-called special military operation is underway Putin accused “Western elites” of being “arrogant”.Forgetting the Soviet Union’s decisive role in the defeat of Nazi Germany, now, Fuel conflicts around the world.
“We know where the excesses of such ambitions lead,” Putin declared this Thursday.
“Russia will do everything to avoid a global conflict. But at the same time, we will not allow anyone to threaten us. Our strategic forces [nucleares] always alert”[HeannouncedinaspeechinRedSquareduringtheannualmilitaryparademarkingthe79thanniversaryofthesurrenderofNaziGermanyin1945[1945இல்நாஜிஜெர்மனியின்ஆட்சிசரணடைந்து79ஆண்டுகள்நிறைவடைந்ததைக்குறிக்கும்வருடாந்திரஇராணுவஅணிவகுப்பில்சிவப்புசதுக்கத்தில்ஆற்றியஉரையில்அவர்அறிவித்தார்In a clear reference to the US and NATO, Russia’s head of state, re-elected this week, stressed that Moscow rejects the pretensions of “any country or alliance”.
“We will not allow anyone to threaten us”He observed a minute’s silence for those killed in World War II, in which the former Soviet Union lost more than 26 million people, civilians and soldiers, between 1941 and 1945.
The Victory Day celebrations come against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and take place in the same week as his fifth term as head of state. On Tuesday, Putin announced that he would order “nuclear military maneuvers” “in the near future” as he reinforced his duties as president in the Kremlin.
Evgueni Mouravich – RTP correspondent in Moscow
“Nothing unusual here, it’s a planned job”Putin also spoke about nuclear weapons exercises.
In this morning’s speech, He accused “Western elites” of “rehabilitation” and criticized what he saw as “attempts by Western colonialists” to “distort” the truth about World War II by removing monuments to Soviet soldiers and placing Hitler’s “traitors and accomplices” on a pedestal.
However, he stressed that Russia had never underestimated the importance of the Western Allies’ role in defeating Nazism, and recalled China’s struggle against Japanese imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s.
“We will never forget our common struggle and the inspiring legacy of the alliance.”He insisted.
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