Western “vanity” is driving a “actual battle” towards Russia and the West’s “superiority ideology is, by definition, repulsive, lethal, and prison,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Tuesday throughout a Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Pink Sq..
Putin didn’t dwell on his personal daring invasion of Ukraine, which prompted the large army response from the U.S. and its allies and has blunted the Kremlin’s push to grab giant swaths of the war-battered however resilient nation. Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, the U.S. alone has supplied Ukraine with about $37 billion in army help, together with a $1.2 billion package deal introduced in the present day. Different nations have additionally supplied billions of {dollars} of help to Ukraine.
Putin stated Western leaders “nonetheless discuss their exclusivity, put individuals towards one another and divide society, provoke bloody conflicts and coups, sow hatred, Russophobia, aggressive nationalism, destroy these household, conventional values that make people human.”
Victory Day, celebrated Tuesday in Moscow, marks the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s unconditional give up on the evening of Might 8, 1945. A significant parade was additionally held in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest metropolis, however dozens of parades and different public commemorations had been canceled throughout the nation. Regional officers cited “safety considerations” or just “the present state of affairs.”
Developments:
∙ European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, lauding the capital metropolis because the “beating coronary heart” of European values.
∙ Ukrainian authorities stated Russia fired one other barrage at Ukraine however that air defenses destroyed 23 of the 25 missiles that had been launched. The air power stated in a Telegram publish that eight Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired from carriers within the Black Sea towards the east and 17 from strategic plane.
Ukraine getting one other $1.2 billion in army help
The Pentagon on Tuesday introduced a $1.2 billion army help package deal for Ukraine that features orders to contractors for “vital near-term capabilities,” together with air protection programs and 155mm artillery rounds. The help initiative will fund HAWK air-defense programs, air-defense munitions and drones for air protection. It would additionally purchase artillery, rockets, satellite tv for pc imagery help, and funding for ongoing upkeep and spare elements for a wide range of programs.
Final week, the Pentagon despatched Ukraine $300 million in ammunition and different gear from current shares. The shipments come as Ukraine prepares to launch a long-planned offensive. Ukraine additionally wants air-defense system to shoot down waves of Russian missiles and drones.
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UN chief says peace talks ‘not attainable’ now
Peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are at the moment unimaginable as “each events are satisfied they’ll win,” U.N. Secretary-Common António Guterres advised Spanish newspaper El País. He stated the Russian invasion was a transparent breach of worldwide legislation. However he stated the U.N. is targeted on fixing particular issues corresponding to securing exports of Ukrainian grain, desperately wanted to feed the growing world, by the Black Sea.
“I feel that negotiation for peace will not be attainable at the moment,” Guterres stated. “I don’t see Russia in the mean time keen to withdraw from the territories it occupies, and I feel Ukraine is hoping to retake them.”
Contributing: The Related Press