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President Putin gearing up for 'grandest' Victory Day
The Freeman
|May 07, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the “grandest” ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine.
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Russia marks the event more than three years into its offensive, and after pummelling Ukraine with a string of deadly attacks in April despite US President Donald Trump pushing for a peace deal.
The Kremlin launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, hoping to take the country in days, but has since become embroiled in a huge conflict that has killed tens of thousands.
Putin has ordered a three-day truce in Ukraine to coincide with the event -- which Kyiv has denounced as a ceasefire “just for the parade”.
Ukraine -- which has hit Russia and Moscow with drones during the conflict -- has said it cannot take responsibility for what happens in Russia and has said some countries approached it to request safety for their leaders attending the parade.
This story is from the May 07, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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