[Regnum] The Soviet Union won freedom and peace for all mankind at the cost of millions of lives. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square.
“Today, we are all united by a feeling of joy and sorrow, pride and gratitude, admiration for the generation that crushed Nazism and, at the cost of millions of lives, won freedom and peace for all of humanity,” the Russian leader noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, during his speech the head of state also stated that it was the Soviet troops who determined the outcome of the entire Second World War, and Russia will not allow the true victors of Nazism to be slandered.
According to Putin, millions of citizens of the USSR determined the outcome of the entire Second World War with unconditional victories in the major battles near Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper, as well as many others.
Putin has repeatedly noted the importance of combating the falsification of history and the glorification of Nazism. The Russian leader emphasized that for this purpose, there are a number of movements and actions in Russia designed to familiarize citizens, including young people, with history and places of military glory.
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Putin: It was the Soviet troops who determined the outcome of World War II
It was the Soviet troops who determined the outcome of the entire Second World War, and Russia will not allow the true victors of Nazism to be slandered. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to participants in the Victory Parade on Red Square.
"The Soviet Union took upon itself the most ferocious, merciless blows of the enemy. Millions of people who knew only peaceful labor took up arms and stood to the death on all heights, bridgeheads and borders. They determined the outcome of the entire Second World War by unconditional victories in the major battles near Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper, by the courage of the defenders of Belarus, who were the first to meet the enemy, by the steadfastness of the participants in the defense of the Brest Fortress and Mogilev, Odessa and Sevastopol, Murmansk, Tula, Smolensk," the Russian leader noted.
Putin also stated that Russia will never agree with attempts to justify the executioners and slander the real victors.