May 9 marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War. From the stage of Red Square in Moscow Vladimir Putin: “Russia will do everything possible to avoid a global confrontation, but at the same time it will not allow anyone to threaten it”
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Not just “the generation of victors” who fought in the Great Patriotic War, but also the “heroes” who are on the Ukrainian front today. He is the Russian president Vladimir Putin to extend the celebrations on the occasion of 79th anniversary of the Victory over Nazismcelebrated on Thursday 9 May in Moscow.
The parade in Red Square in Moscow
Beyond nine thousand Russian soldiers they paraded along the Red Square in the usual military parade on May 9th, one of the most heartfelt holidays for Russians and the most praised by Putin’s Russia. According to the Tass news agency, more were deployed on the occasion of the demonstration seventy weapons and aircraft.
Putin’s speech for May 9th
“Russia will do everything possible to avoid a global confrontation, but at the same time not will allow no one to threaten her. Its strategic forces are always ready for combat,” Vladimir Putin declared in a short speech from Red Square.
Two days from his fifth settlementthe Russian president acknowledged that the parade was held while the country has been engaged in the war in Ukraine for over two years. “We turn to the generation of winners, courageously noble, with its ability to cultivate friendship and steadfastly endure adversity, always have faith in itself and its country and sincerely and selflessly love its homeland: we celebrate the day of Victory in the context of a special military operation”.
International leaders present at the parade
Among those invited to attend the military parade together with Vladimir Putin, the presidents of Belarus, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Guinea Bissau and Laos. The Russian president then laid flowers in front of the tomb of the unknown soldier in the Alexander Gardens, under the walls of the Kremlin, and honored the memory of the victims with a minute’s silence.
