![]() What kind of victory will the Kremlin dictator present to Russian citizens on Victory Day? Ukraine continues to resist, and to exist as a free and independent state. The Russian effort to change Ukraine’s democratically elected Ukrainian government by force did not succeed. Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted with applause in parliaments all over the world and portrayed as a hero in all the leading media. The Ukrainian president and his family are alive. The emphasis of the Kremlin’s rhetoric and Russian propaganda will shift from the “great past” to the “great present.”īut Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” in Ukraine has failed. ![]() This year, that parade’s sad distinction will be that it takes place during a full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. The centerpiece of the celebration is a military parade through Red Square in Moscow. ![]() It is not uncommon, for example, to see Russians plastering their cars with stickers reading “We can repeat!” Repeat what, exactly? The horrors of war? The destruction of cities? The mass outbreaks of rape and looting? If heard at all before 24 February 2022, these questions have not been heard since. The spirit of militant Russian patriotism reaches its apogee on this day. How does a Russian autocrat celebrate Victory Day while losing a war? Expect lies, myths, and propaganda.Įvery year on May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day to mark the 1945 triumph of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazism. Putin’s Incredible Shrinking Victory Parade
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