Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday (May 9th), when Moscow celebrated the victory in World War II, that Ukraine would not allow Russia to “own the victory over Nazism”.

“Today we celebrate the day of victory over Nazism. We are proud of our ancestors who defeated Nazism along with other nations in the anti-Hitler coalition. And we will not allow anyone to annex this victory. We will not allow this to happen. It is appropriate,” he said. In a video where she appears walking down a street in the center of Kiev.

Zelensky referred to several cities in eastern and southern Ukraine that are now under the control of the invading Russian forces, and that the Ukrainians during World War II He claimed to have driven Nazi German forces out of these areas during World War II.

“On the day of victory over the Nazis, we are fighting for another victory. The road to this victory is long, but we have no doubts about our victory.”

“We won then. We will win now,” the Ukrainian president said, referring to Russia’s invasion of his country on February 24.

“Our enemy imagined that we would cease to celebrate May 9 and the victory over the Nazis so that the word denazification would have a chance,” he added.

The main reason put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify the invasion is the “minorization” of Ukraine.

Moscow will hold a military parade on Red Square to mark the date of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated in the countries of the former Soviet Union on May 9.