Putin: Some Western Nations Want to Destroy Sovereign Development Centers
09:40 09.05.2023 (Updated: 10:25 09.05.2023)
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On May 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech to the nation during a Victory Day parade, annually held in Moscow in commemoration of the Soviet Victory over Nazi Germany.
Some western countries want to destroy sovereign centers of development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
"Their goal, and there is nothing new here, is to achieve the disintegration and destruction of our country, to cross out the results of the Second World War, to finally break the system of global security and international law, to strangle any sovereign centers of development," Putin said.
According to the president, the West provokes conflicts and revolutions, and destroys traditional values. He stated that Kiev has become a hostage of a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and a bargaining chip in the hands of West.
"Over the top ambitions, arrogance and lack of accountability inevitably turn into tragedies. This is the reason for the catastrophe that the Ukrainian people are now going through. It became a hostage of the coup and the criminal regime of its Western masters that had developed on its basis, a bargaining chip in the implementation of their cruel selfish plans," Putin said.
He further elaborated that a real war has been unleashed against Russia again, adding that country will defend people of Donbass and its security.
"A real war has been unleashed against our motherland again. But we have repulsed international terrorism, we will protect the people of Donbass, we will ensure our security," Putin underscored.
He reiterated that Russia wants to see stable and peaceful future, adding that any ideology of superiority is unacceptable. The president congratulated Russians on the 78th anniversary of the World War Two Victory day, and mentioned that today the civilization is at a "turning point."
"Like the vast majority of people on the planet, we want to see a future of peace, freedom and stability," Putin said, adding that "any ideology of superiority is inherently disgusting, criminal and deadly."
The Russian president emphasized that arrival of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow to attend the Victory Day Parade on May 9 shows their "grateful attitude to the act of bravery of our ancestors."
"It is very important that the leaders of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States have gathered here in Moscow today. I see in this a grateful attitude to the act of bravery of our ancestors, they fought together and won together, all the peoples of the USSR contributed to the common victory," Putin said at the parade in Moscow.
Leaders of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, have arrived in Moscow.
Victory Day is a major Russian holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was on May 8, 1945, (or May 9 in Moscow’s time zone) that Germany signed its Instrument of Surrender in Berlin, ending years of fighting in Europe. The parade is a commemoration of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Red Army that marks the end of the Eastern Front of World War II, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.
Since 1945, a parade of service people and military equipment has been held on Red Square in Moscow to honor the memory of Soviet citizens who died during the Great Patriotic War. The first Victory Parade took place on June 24, 1945. According to the federal law of May 19, 1995 "On perpetuating the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", military parades are held annually in Moscow, hero cities, as well as in cities where the headquarters of the military are stationed.
The military parade, dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War is held on Tuesday on Red Square, one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow. This year the parade features roughly 10,000 troops and over 120 different units of weaponry and equipment.
