This decision was forced, timely and the only correct one - a decision by a sovereign, strong and independent country." "A threat absolutely unacceptable to us was being systemically created," Putin said, describing danger as "mounting by the day" and adding: "Russia gave a preemptive rebuff to aggression. He said Kyiv considered acquiring nuclear weapons and had been building up its military with NATO's support. Instead, addressing phalanxes of troops filling Moscow's Red Square, Putin repeated his claims that Western nations and Ukraine had been planning their own attacks, perhaps on Russia's "historical lands," including Crimea. In the third month of Russia's attacks on Ukraine, Putin has few outright victories to claim, prompting earlier speculation - both in Russia and abroad - that he might use the speech to launch national mobilization and formally declare war against not only Ukraine but possibly other countries in the West. Putin did not claim any victories, however, nor did he signal major military or policy shifts in what the Kremlin continues to call its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted much of his annual Victory Day speech to Ukraine, painting Russia's campaign as this generation's link to the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany and describing it as forced by actions of the U.S. Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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