Europe EditionPutin hosts world leaders at lavish army parade amid Ukraine war
- On May 9, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a Victory Day military parade in Moscow attended by over 20 foreign leaders, including Xi Jinping and Robert Fico.
- The parade marked eight decades since the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany in World War II, taking place amid the continuing conflict following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
- Putin ordered a three-day humanitarian truce during the holiday while promoting the narrative that the Russian army defends against fascism and aims to 'de-Nazify' Ukraine, a claim Kyiv rejects as incomprehensible.
- Ukraine dismissed the parade as a 'parade of cynicism,' warned about safety risks for attendees, accused Russia of violating the truce hundreds of times, and claimed marchers were likely complicit in crimes against Ukrainians.
- The Kremlin intended the event to rally domestic patriotism and project strength internationally, while EU officials in Ukraine supported a tribunal to hold Russian leaders accountable for aggression.
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In Moscow, Vladimir Putin staged the end of his isolation during the great parade of victory
DECRYPTAGE - The Kremlin leader praised on Friday the Russian soldiers engaged in Ukraine, some of whom marched in Red Square, where some 20 foreign leaders were also present, on the occasion of the commemorations of the eighty years of victory over Nazi Germany.
Russian army parades in Moscow but does not "truct" in Ukraine
The traditional Russian military parade of the 9-May, which Ukraine had threatened to disrupt, was finally carried out under high surveillance but without adversity. As for the opportune "treve" pronounced by Vladimir Putin, it does not seem to have been followed by his army.
Daily Journal
Putin hails troops fighting in Ukraine as foreign leaders attend parade
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Moscow will be victorious in Ukraine as the Soviet Union was in WWII, rallying Russians to support troops at Moscow's grand Red Square military parade in front of his key allies on Friday.
Watauga Democrat
Putin gears up to host world leaders at lavish army parade
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a lavish World War II Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, an event the Kremlin hopes will rally patriotism at home and project strength abroad as its troops fight in Ukraine.
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