Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the war of aggression against Ukraine at a military parade in Moscow with a NATO threat. The Western military alliance has created an “absolutely unacceptable threat” to Russia over the years, he said on Monday in his eagerly awaited speech in Red Square marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
“The NATO bloc has begun active military development of the territories bordering our region,” Putin said. Russia had preemptively warded off aggression from the West. “It was the only right decision.”
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