Vladimir Putin wants to make it a Russian demonstration. The Armed Forces of Russia began, Friday, May 9, a parade on the Red Square in Moscow Friday in front of the president of the country and around twenty foreign leaders, including the Chinese Xi Jinping, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, in the context of the war in Ukraine. The Chinese president was seated alongside his Russian counterpart, after shaking the hand of veterans, according to images broadcast by Russian public television. Follow our direct.
A nationalist discourse of Vladimir Putin. The Russian president spoke before the troops gathered in the Red square. “The whole country, society, the people support participants in the special military operation” In Ukraine, the master of the Kremlin told the gallery. He also assured that Russia “has been and will be an indestructible barrier against Nazism, Russophobia, Anti -Semitism”.
A truce of a few days wanted by Moscow. The Russian president ordered to observe a ceasefire from May 8 to 10, on the occasion of these celebrations. But Ukraine, which has faced the Russian offensive since 2022, accused its enemy of attacking the entire front line, evoking hundreds of truce violations. The Russian army, for its part, said “Respect strictly” This ceasefire and simply “answer” to Ukrainian violations.
An instrumentalization of history. In recent years, Vladimir Putin has spoke of the memory of victory over Nazi Germany to defend the military offensive against Ukraine, Russia ensuring that they want to “Disnazify” This neighboring country, of which it occupies around 20% of the territory. The Second World War, which left more than 20 million dead in the USSR, caused trauma that is still felt within society and which has fueled a patriotism exploited by President Putin.
