MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the world was currently at a “turning point” and added that a “war” had been imposed on Russia.
Addressing Moscow’s Red Square Victory Day parade, the Russian said that “today world civilisation is again at a decisive turning point, according to AFP.
Putin said that Russia would be victorious. “For Russia, for the armed forces, for victory! Hurrah!”
Russian elderly veterans and soldiers participating in Russia’s Ukraine war also participate in the annual parade commemorating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
Putin claimed that the war had been unleashed against their motherland.
At the onset of his speech, Putin said that a real war was being waged and that Russia was defending its sovereignty in Ukraine.
