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“Today, civilization is again at a turning point, a real war has again been unleashed against our homeland.. But we have repulsed international terrorism and we will protect the inhabitants of Donbass and ensure our own security.. We want to see a future of peace, freedom and stability,” he said..

The Russian autocrat began to assert that “Russia has no unfriendly states either in the west or in the east”, but immediately began to complain about the West, which “provokes conflicts and upheavals, destroys traditional values \u200b\u200bin order to continue to dictate its own rules”. Finally, he added that the goal of the enemies is to destroy Russia..

Putin did not forget to mention Ukraine in his speech, again talking about the Revolution of Dignity as a coup d'etat, and he called the government elected through democratic elections a “regime”, although both the president and the party majority have changed in Ukraine since 2014.

At the same time, he added that the battles decisive for the future of Russia are now taking place on the front line, that is, in Ukraine, which Russia planned to completely capture in 2022..

At the same time, the parade itself on Red Square in Moscow lasted 45 minutes with all the conventions..

Only cadets of Russian military institutions marched on it, the air part of the parade did not take place, although its cancellation was not previously announced, and in terms of technology, several T-34 tanks, the Iskander OTRK and the S-300 air defense system took part in the parade.

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It should be noted that the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, as well as the prime minister of Armenia arrived in Moscow for the parade. At the same time, their visits became known only the day before, on May 8..