Moscow, Russia.
Ukraine launched a walk of drones which forced to Russia To restrict flights in a dozen airports this Tuesday, days before 29 leaders attend the May 9 parade in Moscow to commemorate the victory against Nazi Germany.
The Kremlin announced that 29 leaders, including the presidents of Brazil, LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA, And from China, Xi Jinping, They will be present at the military ceremony in the Red Square in Moscow.
The ceremony generates expectation, since Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to use his speech to justify the offensive launched by Moscow in Ukraine In February 2022, which has caused tens of thousands of dead.
This military operation allowed the Russian army to take broad stripes of east and southern territories Ukraine.
“We expect the presence of 29 foreign leaders in the victory parade,” Russian President Yuri Ushakov, Yuri Ushakov told the press.
Moscow also announced the presence of the leaders of Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Bosnia, Vietnam, Egypt, Zimbabue, Iraq, Congo, Burma, Ethiopia and Equatorial Guinea, who will join the traditional allies of Russia in Central Asia, among others.
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, after a first escalation in St. Petersburg, Cuban media and the Russian agency Sputnik reported.
The presence of the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico -is also expected to challenge the position of the EU-, of the Serbian head of state, Aleksandar Vucic, and the president of the Serbians of Bosnia, Milorad Dodik.
This year, for the commemorations of the main patriotic celebration in Russiawhich culminates with a military parade against Kremlin, Putin ordered a high unilateral fire of the May 8 to 10.
Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. (Photo: Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP)
The Kremlin has also affirmed that it continues with the three -day truce he proposed to coincide with the parade, which Ukraine He has labeled Moscow’s mere attempt for guaranteeing the security of the event.
Ukrainethat since February 2022 he resists the Russian troops, he did not say clearly if the truce adheres.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski indicated that Russia It must “rest” for the security of the parade, that attracts thousands of people who often come as a family every year.
Ushakov said that “Formations from 13 countries” will parade “including China, Egypt, Vietnam, Burma and several Soviet ex -refuels.
Kiev warned the troops of third countries that do not march next to Russian soldiers in the Red Square, stating that this would be equivalent to “sharing the responsibility” of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
An attack that affected air traffic
In the early hours of Tuesday, Ukraine bombarded the Russian territory with 105 drones directed mainly against Moscow and this attack forced several airports to close.
The attack disturbed the operations in a dozen airports, four of them in Moscow and some had to close their clues, the Russian Civil Aviation Agency Rossaviatsia reported.
This year, the Russian government provides ceremonies of an unprecedented scale to commemorate the Victory Day And for several days, Moscow streets are adorned with national colors.
Numerous shops and restaurants placed posters urging people to “remember” the 1945 victory and feel “proud.”
In the last three years, Putin often evoked the memory of victory over Nazi Germany to defend the military offensive against Ukrainestating that Russia wants “DESNAZIFIFI” to the neighboring countrywhich continues to occupy around 20% of the territory.
The second Guerra World Cup, which is CHe worked more than 20 million lives In the USSR and demanded unprecedented sacrifices to the population, caused a trauma that still feels in society and feeds a patriotism widely used by the Russian president.
Since the beginning of the offensive to Ukraine, the Russian government prohibited any criticism of the Armed Forces, intensifying a repression that has led several hundred people to jail and thousands more to exile.
Ukraine criticized the commemorations of May 9 in Russiaaffirming that they have “nothing to do with the victory over Nazism” and that the military who parade are “Most likely” involved in crimes against Ukrainians.
In Moscow the security and the organizers of the parade were reinforced prohibited spectators from carrying electronic cigarettes, skateboards or pets to the Victory Day parade.
- Despite the tension, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday the exchange of 205 prisoners of guerra Ukrainians for many other Russians.
