On monday, as russia commemorated its victory in world war too, britons secretary of defence, ben wallace, accused russia of committing the same sins as notsy germany by invading ukraine and killing its civilians. Through the invasion of ukraine, put in his inner serf andhis generals are now mirroring facism and tyranny of 77 years ago, repeating the errors of the last century's totalitarian regime. Rather than honoring the memory of wallace said that russia was now betraying that past. Their unprovoked, illegal, senseless and self defeating invasion of uKraine, their attacks against innocent civilians and their homes, their widespread
For years, President Vladimir V. Putin has taken advantage of Victory Day — when Russians commemorate the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — to champion his country’s military might and project himself as a leader of enormous power.
This year, he drew on the pageantry of May 9 for an even more pressing goal: making the case for the war in Ukraine.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.
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