SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL via REUTERS - Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, on Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2022. Moscow launched its 'special operation' over Ukraine on 24 February with the aim of 'denazifying' the country and liberating the citizens of the Donbas. To this end, Putin has linked the current conflict to the Great War, claiming that Russian soldiers in Ukraine 'are fighting for their homeland, for their future, so that no one forgets the lessons of the Second World War'. Moscow is using this historic day, relevant to so many peoples, to justify its invasion of Ukraine. However, this year, due to current events in Ukraine, Victory Day takes on a different meaning.
In Mariupol, Donetsk figurehead Denis Pushilin lit a torch and marched with a large St. Looks like very small, limited Victory Day events all around Russia and areas in Ukraine under occupation. On the other hand, 200,000 Tajiks participated in the Great War according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, as did thousands of Turkmen and Uzbeks. Kyrgyzstan, for example, sent 365,000 soldiers to the war against Nazism, according to The Diplomat Kazakhstan mobilised 25% of its population. On the other hand, the role of the Central Asian countries that were part of the USSR at the time also needs to be highlighted. Lord Dannatt says "it's fairly predictable" that Putin would try to show his people that the Ukraine conflict is a "necessary defensive operation" in his speech at Russia's Victory Day. "What has been erased from memory is that, among the millions of dead, most of the Belarusian and Ukrainian civilians paid a heavy price," he explains. Among the dead, Oleg Kobtzeff, professor of international politics at the American University of Paris, stresses to France24 the suffering of Belarusian and Ukrainian civilians. It is estimated that a total of 27 million Soviet citizens lost their lives during the conflict. Victory Day is a day dedicated to extolling national pride and remembering the millions who died during the so-called 'Great Patriotic War'. On this day, marked by strong patriotic sentiment, the Russian army displays its military capabilities in a massive parade in Moscow's Red Square under the watchful eye of President Vladimir Putin. Russia commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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