Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Putin says Russians are united in 'sacred' battle with West over Ukraine

FROM IMPERIALIST INVASION TO WAR OF SELF DEFENSE

Issued on: 09/05/2023 - 
03:25  Video by: Philip TURLE

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a "sacred" fight with the West over Ukraine that would end in victory, and accused the United States and its allies of forgetting the Soviet triumph over the Nazis in World War Two. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in Ukraine - which he casts as a defensive move against a West which wants to carve up Russia - to the challenge Moscow faced when Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.




REPLAY - Victory Day in Russia: Putin delivers address to nation from the Red Square


Issued on: 09/05/2023 
14:07 Video by: FRANCE 24

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at Moscow's Red Square Victory Day parade that the world was at a "turning point" and claimed a "war" had been unleashed against Russia. He vowed victory and said Russia's future "rests on" its soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The traditional Soviet-style event celebrating Moscow's victory over the Nazis took place amid security fears, 15 months into Russia's Ukraine offensive.





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