Putin ties Ukraine invasion to second world war in Victory Day speech
by Andrew Roth Moscow correspondent from on (#5Z0XJ)
Soldiers fighting for same thing their fathers and grandfathers did', says president as he seeks to justify war
Vladimir Putin has told Russian soldiers they are fighting for the same thing their fathers and grandfathers did" as he used his Victory Day speech to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
As Putin sought to rally his country through the memory of the second world war, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pushed back in his own address from Kyiv. We will not allow anyone to annex this victory, we will not allow it to be appropriated," he said.
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