President Vladimir Putin on Monday tried to defend Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in his annual “Victory Day” speech.
Evoking that victory in his speech Monday, Putin urged the Russian army toward victory in Ukraine, saying there was a duty to remember those who defeated Nazism.
The region has been home to some of the most intense fighting since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, including a number of alleged war crimes, such as the shelling of a theater in Mariupol, where civilians were sheltering, killing hundreds of people.A security guard stands on Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.
Fighting in the east appears to be ramping up, and this weekend Russia bombed a village school in eastern Ukraine killing about 60 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday during an address to the G-7 leaders of the world's most industrial nations. Russia's invasion has prompted international condemnation and swathes of wide-ranging economic sanctions on the country's key sectors, companies and individuals connected to the Kremlin.Russian officers march during a rehearsal of the Victory Day parade on May 7, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.
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