As May 9, Vladimir Putin, is increasing marked declarations. Latest: the supposed presence of French volunteers on the Ukrainian front, alongside the Russian forces.
‘Normandie-Niémen’
Vladimir Poutine surprised Wednesday by saying that French citizens are fighting alongside the Russian forces in Ukraine. According to the chief of the Kremlin, these volunteers have baptized their unit ‘Normandy-Niémen‘, in tribute to a French squadron that fought with the USSR against Nazi Germany.
“What is important is that there have always been people who shared – and still share – our principles and our values. People who are by our side”according to him.
Zelensky denounces a “Attempt at manipulation”
The Russian president multiplies the references to the past to justify his action and attack the Ukrainian authorities, regularly qualified as “Nazies”. It is often based on the memory of the Second World War to support its strategy. It is a way to anchor the conflict against Ukraine In a long Russian defense tradition in the face of Nazism.
Putin also announced a three -day military truce on the front in Ukraine (from May 8 to 10). On the Ukrainian side, Volodymyr Zelensky denounces a media maneuver.
Sources : BFMTV, the independent, Le Figaro
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