Moscow – Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade in the Red Square attended by President Vladimir Putin and a series of foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Victory Day, which is celebrated in Russia on May 9, is the most Important secular vacations. A parade from the Red Square and other ceremonies underline Moscow’s efforts to project its global power and consolidate the alliances it has forged while looking for a west counterweight in the middle of the Ukraine conflict that has dragged a fourth year.
World War II is a rare event in the divisive history of the Nation under the communist government that is venerated by all political groups, and Kremlin has used that feeling to encourage national pride and underline Russia’s position as a global power.
The Soviet Union lost the amazing 27 million people in what the great patriotic war calls in 1941-45, a huge sacrifice that left a deep scar in the national psyche.
The festivities this year were eclipsed by Ukrainian drone attacks directed to Moscow and severe interruptions in the airports of the capital.
The Russian flag carrier Aeroflot on Wednesday morning canceled more than 100 flights to and from Moscow, and delayed more than 140 since the military repeated the repeated attacks of Ukrainian drones against the capital.
The Russian authorities have squeezed safety before the parade and interruptions on the Internet of the cell phone in the midst of electronic countermeasures aimed at frustrating more potential drones attacks have been informed.
Speaking in the parade, Putin praised the Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, saying that “we are proud of their courage and determination, their spiritual strength that has always brought us the victory.”
The Russian leader has declared a Unilateral 72 hours high the fire As of Wednesday to coincide with the celebrations of Victory Day, but warned that Russian troops will retaliate to any attacks. Moscow has been reluctant to accept a proposed truce in the US.
The Ukrainian authorities reported dozens of Russian strikes on Friday that killed at least two people in the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and damaged buildings.
As the parade of the Red Square and other festivities developed in Moscow, dozens of European officials met in Lviv, in western Ukraine, to support the creation of a special court in charge of processing Russian officials accused of war crimes.
