Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a significant Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, marking 80 years since Nazi Germany’s defeat. With over 20 overseas leaders attending, together with China’s Xi Jinping, the Kremlin goals to showcase energy as its battle in Ukraine continues. A vacation truce was introduced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a lavish World Warfare II Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, an occasion the Kremlin hopes will rally patriotism at dwelling and venture energy overseas as its troops battle in Ukraine.
Greater than 20 overseas dignitaries together with China‘s Xi Jinping and Slovakia’s Robert Fico are scheduled to attend the annual parade this 12 months, the fourth since Moscow launched a full-scale army assault on its neighbour in February 2022.
Officers promise that commemorations this 12 months — the eightieth anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany — would be the “greatest” ever, with Putin ordering a “humanitarian” truce with Ukraine over the vacation.
Ukraine, which has dismissed the truce as a farce, has known as the occasions in Russia a “parade of cynicism” and has warned that it can not assure the security of world leaders attending.
The pageant will likely be marked with a large parade of army tools and troopers by Purple Sq., culminating in an tackle from the Russian chief.
Since sending troops into Ukraine, Putin has regularly drawn parallels between Russia’s modern-day military and the Soviet troopers who fought Nazi Germany.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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