Both Ukrainian and Russian presidents gave patriotic speeches as part of commemorating the victory against the Nazis in 1945. Of course, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin had connections between World War II and their current struggle. in Eastern Europe.
Ukraine will not allow Russia claim victory against Nazism in 1945, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, the day Russia celebrates victory in World War II with great joy.
We are proud of our predecessors who, along with other people within the framework of the anti-Hitler coalition, defeated Nazism. We will not let anyone include this success, remove ithe said in a video message, showing him walking on the central avenue of kyiv, Khrechtchatyk.
Our enemy dreamed of seeing us surrender to the celebration of May 9 and to victory against the Nazis so that the word denazificationget a chanceHe added.
denazify Ukraine was the main motive presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify the invasion of Ukraine on February 24th.
Millions of Ukrainians fought against Nazism […]expelled the Nazis from Lugansk, expelled the Nazis from Donetsk, liberated Kherson, Melitopol, Berdyansk from the inhabitants, expelled the Nazis from Yalta, Simferopol, Kerch and all of Crimea, liberated Mariupol from the Nazissaid President Zelensky, citing towns in eastern and southern Ukraine currently occupied by Russian troops or towns in Crimea, which Russia merged in 2014.
They chased the Nazis from all over Ukraine, but the cities I have mentioned today are particularly inspiring to us, it gives us faith that we will drive out the invaders of our land.he continued.
On VE Day, we fight for another victory, there is a long road to that victory, but we have no doubt of our success.he insisted. We won then, we will conquer now.
And soon Ukraine will celebrate two days of Victoryhe concludes.
The Russian army is defending the ‘fatherland’ in Ukraine, Putin said
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced that his army was fighting Ukraine to defend the homelandin front of unacceptable threat represented by its Western-backed neighbors.
He then stressed that everything had to be done to avoid the horror of a new world war is not repeatedin a short speech followed by the traditional military parade on May 9 in Red Square marking the Soviet victory against the Nazis in 1945.
The Russian president is also trying to put the conflict in Ukraine on the line in 1945, describing the opponent as a neo-Nazi.
I address our armed forces: you are fighting for the fatherland, for its futurehe said to face the thousands of soldiers participating in the parade.
Returning to his decision to launch his forces in Ukraine on February 24, he reiterated that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing an attack against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, wanting to capture the atomic bomb and supported byNATOan existential threat to Russia.
A completely unacceptable threat has developed, directly on our bordershe claimed, again accusing his neighbor of neo-Nazism and calling his offensive a preventive response and of just the right decision.
Two and a half months after launching its forces against its neighbor, the fighting was concentrated in the east, as Russia had to slow down its ambition to capture the country and kyiv, its capital, in the face of fierce resistance by Ukrainian. the west.
Since Vladimir Putin took office in 2000, the traditional parade on May 9 has celebrated both the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and Russia’s renewed power after the embarrassment of the fall ofUSSR.
Mr. Putin also placed May 9 at the heart of Russia’s patriotism, while theUSSR lost up to 27 million of its citizens in the war.
Faced with this appalling record, the Russian president stressed on Monday that Russia’s duty is to avoid a new world war, while many fear that the fighting in Ukraine will escalate.
Our debt is to preserve the memory of those who crushed Nazism […] and do everything possible to prevent a repeat of the horror of a world warhe said.
Source: Radio-Canada
