VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces at Stalingrad 80 years ago to declare on Thursday that Russia would defeat a Ukraine supposedly in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.
In a fiery speech in Volgograd, known.
In a fiery speech in Volgograd to mark the 80-year anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, Putin said he was ready to draw on Russia s entire arsenal, which includes nuclear weapons.
The Russian leader was keen to drum up support and draw unwarranted comparisons to the present. Ukraine says a missile completely destroyed a residential building in the center of Kramatorsk. DW has more.