justify and explain it. for the russian public, putin believes that using a memory of the second world war is something that he can at least try to build popular support and legitimacy for his actions. that s something that has deep residence in russian culture and again is natural he would try to use that even when historically it s quite appropriate. there is really no parallel but something he could try to use. parallel but something he could try to use- try to use. president zelensky said russia try to use. president zelensky said russia was try to use. president zelensky said russia was liberated - try to use. president zelenskyj said russia was liberated take revenge against the west for aiding ukraine. isaid revenge against the west for aiding ukraine. i said earlier they think the major offensive will be lodged. our ukraine ready for this? will be lodged. our ukraine ready for this? what happens next? very ready for this? what happens next? very difficult ready for th
for the russian public, putin believes that using the memory of the second world war is something that he can at least try to build popular support and legitimacy for his actions. that s something that has deep resonance in russian culture and again is natural that he would try to use that even when historically it s quite inappropriate. there is really no parallel but something he could try to use. president zelensky said russia was preparing to take revenge against the west foraiding ukraine. i said earlier they think the major offensive will be launched. are ukraine ready for this? what happens next? very difficult to say. certainly the russians have not performed particularly well up to this point. one of the big problems the russian army is going to have is skilled leadership at lower levels. a lot of experienced russian officers have already been killed in this war and the way the russians immobilise manpower and structured themselves to fight in the first months of the war
with a manifest lack of success for russia, that will require an explanation or action to try to justify and explain it. for the russian public, putin believes that using the memory of the second world war is something that he can at least try to build popular support and legitimacy for his actions. that s something that has deep resonance in russian culture and again is natural that he would try to use that even when historically it s quite inappropriate. there is really no parallel but something he could try to use. president zelensky said russia was preparing to take revenge against the west foraiding ukraine. i said earlier they think the major offensive will be launched. are ukraine ready for this? what happens next? very difficult to say. certainly the russians have not performed particularly well up to this point. one of the big problems the russian army is going to have is skilled leadership at lower levels.
taking place in moscow and other russian cities will, of course, have an added significance with the invasion of ukraine. the kremlin has been accused of using the memory of the second world war or, as russia calls it, the great patriotic war to justify its offensive against its neighbour. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. this time of year, the traffic in moscow gets rather heavy. it s the final practice for the annual military parade. victory day marks the defeat of hitler s germany. but this year, putin s russia on the offensive. but this year, putin s russia is on the offensive. rehearsing on red square, what moscow says are paratroopers back from ukraine. russia s invasion there is being presented here as another glorious chapter in russia s history. and so, you get this.
america, we have to get the europeans credit with all of the sanctions that were pursuing. they are going to hurt from these sanction regimes, much more than americans are. it s good to give them credit. i think what s changed is, it s absolutely clear to the europeans who is at fault here. it is absolutely clear that mr. putin s references to the second world war, as a reason for why he started fighting now, are not just not true but the opposite of true. russian propaganda has been seen for what it is, which is an entirely empty pretext and an abuse of our memory of the second world war. people, quite rightly, understand that ukrainians have done absolutely nothing to provoke an invasion of any scale, let alone the scale. europeans who do care about the memory of the second world war, the history of the second world war, understand the comparison they should be making. which is an entirely unprovoked war, that the second world war began. should european nations, who are members of