The coffins of Ukrainian soldiers Yurii Samofalov, 50, Yurii Varianytsia, 53, and Oleksandr Malevskyi, 30, were taken to the church of Saints Peter and Paul Garrison in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. Photo Finbarr O ‘Reilly/The New York Times)
PARIS – On a day commemorating the end of World War II in Europe, the war in Ukraine was marked by posture and signaling on Sunday, as each side reinforced their rhetoric and resolution.
The leaders of the world’s richest democracy have vowed to end their reliance on Russia’s energy and ensure Russia does not succeed in its “unreasonable, unjust and illegal aggression” as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, continued its indiscriminate bombing of eastern Ukraine and organized celebrations of Russia’s victory. Holiday Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted spectators after the Victory Day military parade, which marked the 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany during World War II, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2022. REUTERS /Maxim Shemetov
A statement from the Group of 7 major industrialized countries said that on a day when Europe remembered the devastation of World War II and its millions of victims, including those in the Soviet Union, the “actions of Putin. embarrassing in Russia and at the historical sacrifice of its people. ”
The leaders, who signaled to Putin that his relentless support for Ukraine would only grow, said:
“We remain united in our determination that President Putin should not win his war against Ukraine.”
The memory of all those who fought for freedom during World War II, the statement said, prompted them to “continue fighting for it today.”
The tone was tough, without mentioning any possible diplomacy or ceasefire.
In Moscow, as fighter jets soar into the sky and nuclear weapons are displayed in preparation for Victory day, Putin appeared to signal to Western leaders that he was determined double the war until he could think of something to claim. as success.
There was new evidence on Sunday, when rescuers carefully examined rubble in Bilohorivka, a village in the Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine, where a Russian bomb destroyed a school building the previous day, killing the people took refuge there, local authorities said.
“The 60 people remaining under the rubble are probably dead now,” Governor Serhiy Haidai wrote in the Telegram messaging app.
But it’s not clear how many people are actually in school and that number could grow.
If confirmed, this is one of Russia’s deadliest attack since the war began in February.
Despite World War II commemorations in much of Europe on Sunday and in Russia on Monday, a stark reminder of the tens of millions of people killed, there is no sign that the war in Ukraine will soon end.
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Source: Clarin