2024-05-09 22:42 Compiled by United Daily News Luo Fangyu/Real-time reporting
Russia held its annual Victory Day military parade in the capital Moscow on the 9th. President Putin delivered a national speech, accusing the West of fomenting conflict around the world, and said that Russia would do its best to avoid global conflict, but it would not. tolerate Western threats and declare nuclear weapons on alert “at all times.”
British Sky News reported that thousands of officers and soldiers and various weapons took part in the military parade, but the tanks that took part were the same as last year, with only one World War II T-34 tank , shows that Russia continues to invest a large amount of resources in the war in Ukraine.
In a speech in Red Square, Putin praised the troops fighting in Ukraine and accused Western elites of being “arrogant”, forgetting the Soviet Union’s decisive role in defeating Nazi Germany in the Second World War and triggering conflicts around the world. He said: “We know the consequences of being too ambitious. Russia will do its best to avoid a global conflict, but we will not allow anyone to threaten us. Our strategic forces are always on a state of war readiness.”
Putin said: “Russia is now going through a difficult and critical period. The fate and future of the motherland depends on all of us.”
Victory Day on May 9 is a holiday in Russia commemorating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. With Putin invading the Ukraine, it is the most important national holiday in Russia.
Russian President Putin. (European News Agency)
Putin has repeatedly described the war in Ukraine as an existential struggle against “Nazism.” The tone of his comments relating to nuclear weapons has also increased On the 7th, he ordered the navy and troops stationed near Ukraine to conduct nuclear weapons exercises.
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