flat speechwithout any dramatic ad about a eventual escalation in the Ukraine war, and replete with justifications, apparently directed at Russian citizens, about the necessity of the conflict. The president of russia, Vladimir Putinfocused his speech on the occasion of Victory Day, presenting the self-proclaimed special operation in the neighboring country as a necessity given the “absolutely unacceptable threat” that, in his opinion, hung over his country. Moments earlier, in kyiv, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas also made an intervention claiming the role of his country in the international “alliance” that defeated Hitler last century and promising that he would not allow any other State to appropriate the anniversary, in clear reference to the Kremlin.
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Without presenting any evidence, the Russian leader has accused the Ukrainian government of “preparing a punitive operation in Donbas to invade our historical territoryincluding Crimea” in the days before the start of the Russian attack. It has even allowed itself to launch a false accusation against the West that has in no way corresponded to reality in the weeks before the start of hostilities. “In kyiv they said they could obtain nuclear weapons and NATO began to explore the territories adjacent to ours,” he assured.
Zelensky’s speech
In kyiv, a city that little by little seems to be recovering its pre-war pulse after Russian troops withdrew from the towns they had conquered in the first days of the attack, a video message from the President Zelenski in which he claimed the role played by Ukraine in the defeat of Hitler and promised to combat any attempt by a single country to appropriate the anniversary, in an unveiled reference to Russia. “We are proud of our predecessors who, together with other peoples ….. have defeated Nazism; millions of Ukrainians have fought against nazism“, he recalled.