While from Rome and in the world, they still resonate The first words about peace From the new Pope Leo XIV, Vladimir Putin exhibited the war in Ukraine on Friday, within the framework of the “victory day” about Nazi Germany 80 years ago. And he did it with a group of especially invited leaders: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Lula da Silva and Nicolás Maduro, among others.
The War between Russia and Ukraine It was the central theme of the great military parade of May 9 in Moscow. For the Russian president, it was The opportunity to thank your troops and international, as well as use the memory of the Second War to Justify the invasion of the neighboring country.
Vladimir Putin boasts of his war in the Red Square. Taking advantage of the commemoration of the 80 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, he celebrated the role of Russia in the war in Ukraine.
“The whole country, society and the people support participants in the special military operation,” said the Russian president from La Tribuna. In a ceremony that was attended by 29 foreign leadersKremlin did not hesitate to use the usual patriotism that characterizes the ostentatious parade for teach muscle in and out of the countryas well as to reaffirm your invasion in Ukrainian territory.
In addition to tanks, missile drones, among them Orlan, Lancet and Geran, used by the Russian army against Ukraine, not forgetting the 11,000 soldiers from thirteen countriesof which about 1,500 participated in the offensive in Ukraine.
“My best wishes for all of you and for all your troops,” were the words that Vladimir Putin dedicated to the North Korean military, thus celebrating the cooperation between the two countries, including the one that occurred in the Russian front of Kursk, on the border with Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin He has no “right” to “monopolize” the memory of World War IIAndriy Sybiha, head of the Ukraine diplomacy, gathered in the Ukrainian city of Lvvvo with its European counterparts for the creation of a special court to judge the Russian invasion.
“Putin is appropriating this date to create bridges between the power of the Soviet Union and today’s Russia,” said Vladimir Rouvinski, professor of the Department of Political Studies at Icesi University in Cali, Colombia.
“He is playing with something very delicate such as the memory of the Russians about World War II to justify the war against Ukraine and seek support,” he added.
Among the leaders who gathered in the Red Square, highlights the presence of Lula, controversial in the international community to be interpreted as a support for Russia. Along the same lines, Slovak Prime Minister Robert I am It was also present, despite the insulation policy to Russia marked by the European Union, in addition to the Serbian Aleksandar Vucic and other allied countries and commercial partners such as Cuba, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Vietnam.
Coinciding with celebrations in Moscow, Putin ordered Thursday, May 8 A three -day unilateral fire in Ukraine. A theatrical performance, in the eyes of kyiv, which immediately reported on the violation of that truce and the Russian attacks that occurred throughout the Ukrainian front, especially in the city of Jerson, to the south of the country, and in the central region of Dnipropetrovsk, leaving two injured.
