Putin says a ‘real war’ is being waged against Russia in Victory Day speech

In his speech, Putin said Russia wanted to see a peaceful future, and said the entire country was behind what Russia calls the 'special military operation' in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a military parade on Victory Day in Red Square in central Moscow, on 9 May 2023 | Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via Reuters

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said a “real war” was again being waged against Russia as he invoked the Soviet Union’s victory in World War Two to say the West was trying to destroy his country.

In a speech on Red Square as part of Russia’s Victory Day celebrations, Putin said Russia wanted to see a peaceful future, and said the entire country was behind what Russia calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Putin said the West had forgotten the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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