Putin said in a “Victory Day” speech that the world was witnessing a “turning point”, stressing that Moscow wanted to see a peaceful future.
The Russian president said that “Western elites show a state of hostility and hatred towards Russia”.
He added: “The fateful battles for our people have always been sacred. We believe in achieving moral goals and outcomes, and we bow to all who fight on the front lines. How closely the future of our people is linked. We are all ready to help you and to pray for you.”
Putin stressed that “the memory of the victory is sacred for Russia, we appreciate the participants in this victory”, and that “an attempt to distort the results of the Second World War will blow up development centers, and the Western arrogance will turn the world into a tragedy.”
Russia marks the anniversary this year with a military parade in Red Square amid tight security measures following a series of drone attacks, including an attack on the Kremlin itself that Moscow blames on the ‘Ukraine.
Victory Day is one of the most important holidays in Russia, and Russians commemorate the great sacrifices made by the Soviet Union during the so-called Great Patriotic War between 1941 and 1945, which cost life to approximately 27 million citizens.
Putin often compares the Ukrainian War to the challenge the Soviet Union faced after Hitler’s Nazi invasion in 1941. Putin describes the war as a battle against Nazi-inspired nationalists.
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