2023-05-09 13:36:39
In an attempt to avoid the complete isolation of the head of the KremlinAt the last minute, the leaders of several former Soviet republics were invited to add up to seven leaders, among which the most prominent was Russia’s main ally in Ukraine, the Belarusian Alexander Lukashenko.
lackluster parade
Some 10,000 soldiers, including more than half a thousand fighters in Ukraine, paraded along the cobblestones of the square. To get an idea, in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the parade had regarding 13,000 troops.
However, the parade was rather lackluster due to the tight security measures taken due to fears of Ukrainian sabotage.
Russia showed the tanks T-72, T-34 y T-14, S-400 anti-aircraft batteries and Iskander cruise missiles that terrorize the neighboring country, in addition to Yars intercontinental rockets.
However, unlike previous occasions, this year the military parade did not include aircraft.
was also canceled Immortal Regimentthe traditional march with portraits of the fallen, an act in which Putin always participates, since the risk was too great.
The first victory parade was celebrated in 1945 following the defeat of Germany in World War II, although it was not until 1995 that the Kremlin decided by law to celebrate it annually.
march in full invasion
Despite the hostilities, Putin congratulated the Ukrainian people on Victory Day, but not its president, Volodímir Zelenski.
The military parade is celebrated without victories on the Ukrainian battlefield, where Wagner’s mercenaries have not been able to fulfill their promise to take the Bakhmut stronghold in Donbas.
Meanwhile, the Russian authorities have acknowledged fewer than 6,000 casualties in their ranks in the fighting in Ukraine, although independent sources speak of a minimum of 20,000 deaths so far in the “special military operation.”
Isolation of the Kremlin
Since the 60th anniversary of the victory (2005), when the US president attended the parade, George W. Bushthe guest list has been reduced until the Western leaders have completely disappeared.
The Russian leader did not hesitate to allude in his speech to Ukraine, which is experiencing, in his opinion, a “catastrophe”, but not because of the military intervention launched by Russia in February 2022.
“He is hostage to a coup d’état, of the criminal regime established as a consequence and of its Western masters. It is a bargaining chip in carrying out his cruel and lucrative plans,” he asserted.
In an unprecedented step, the Kremlin closed Red Square to the public for two weeks, a decision made before two allegedly Ukrainian drones last week damaged the dome of the Kremlin palace where Putin has his office.
In addition, for the same reason, more than twenty cities in the European part of Russia, including the annexed Crimean peninsula, canceled the stop, that it was held in the main cities of the Urals and Siberia.
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