MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (May 9) that Russians were united in a 'sacred' fight with the West over Ukraine that would end in victory, and accused the United States and its allies of forgetting the Soviet triumph over the Nazis in World War II. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in
"The whole country rallied to support our heroes. Everyone is ready to help, praying for you," he said of those taking part in what the Kremlin calls a"special military operation".Cheers rang out across Red Square, with a gun salute and the Russian national anthem, though with a much slimmed-down show of military hardware - and no aviation. Only one tank took part.
Kyiv and its allies accuse Putin of waging an unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine to seize land. They deny Putin's claim that the expansion of the NATO alliance to Russia's borders poses a threat to its security or justifies Moscow's invasion.
Along with the 1812 defeat of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, the crushing of Nazi Germany is Russia's most revered military triumph, though both catastrophic invasions from the West left Russia deeply sensitive about its Western borders.
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