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09:25 : Vladimir Putin sends a strong message of support to the Russian military in Ukraine. “There is nothing more important than your combat work, the security of the country depends on you. Behind you there are your families, your friends waiting for you. I’m sure you feel their boundless love”he says.
09:21 : Vladimir Putin speaks from Red Square, Moscow. “Civilization is at a crossroads, a moment of rupture, a real war has been unleashed against our country”, launches the Russian president, denouncing the “russophobia” of the West.
09:15 : Rarely has a 9-May been so gloomy in Russia, or even downright non-existent in around twenty cities which preferred to give up the nevertheless immovable military parade, as in Belgorod, very close to the Ukrainian border. “There will be no parade, so as not to provoke the enemy with a large concentration of equipment and soldiers in the center of Belgorod”justifies the governor of the region, Viacheslav Vladkov.
07:57 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv to mark Europe Day and show her support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian offensive, on the day Moscow commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany .
(Lukas Kabon / ANADOLU AGENCY via AFP)
06:27 : Affected by “cruise missiles” this night, the Ukrainian capital said to have shot down about fifteen “enemy air targets” In “the airspace around” of the capital. “According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or significant damage from the falling debris”, the local military administration reported on Telegram. Warning sirens were also triggered in several Ukrainian regions.
06:21 : “incidents [le 9 mai] are undesirable, as they would interfere with the achievement of propaganda objectives and reduce the feeling of security”, analyzes Andrei Kolesnikov of the Carnegie Center for Analysis. Gold “this celebration is now doubly important, because it is crucial for Putin to insert into the collective consciousness this simple, but crazy idea that the special operation [en Ukraine] is an extension” of the war against Nazi Germany, he said. Our article tells you more about the issues of this day.
06:20 : But the festivities of this day of May 9 should take place in a more feverish climate than in 2022, several cities having decided to cancel the celebrations. Outside the capital, six regions, Crimea and around 20 cities canceled the commemorations due to security concerns.
06:16 : An XXL military parade, a triumphant speech by Vladimir Putin… In 2022, the Kremlin had made May 9 an ideal showcase, just over two months after the dispatch of Russian armed troops to invade Ukraine. Russia traditionally celebrates every May 9, the “victory day”to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. This year, the Russian authorities insisted on maintaining the parade, despite a series of attacks on its soil attributed to kyiv.
(SEFA KARACAN / ANADOLU AGENCY)