Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 'we will win' as Vladimir Putin addresses troops in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Monday. Source: Mikhail Metzel/AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "just" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would not allow Russia to appropriate victory against the Nazis in 1945 to the invasion of Ukraine.


Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed a sea of troops at Moscow’s Red Square on Victory Day, praising soldiers fighting against Ukraine and reinforcing his narrative of denazification.

"You are fighting for the motherland, for its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of the Second World War," he said on the date when the country remembers their defeat of the Nazis in World War Two.

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