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we re live in ukraine, on the day vladimir putin says his invasion, was designed to protect russia. during the victory day parade in moscow, marking the defeat of nazi germany, he made false claims alleging western aggression. translation: preparations - were openly under way for another punitive operation in donbas, and an invasion of our historic lands, including crimea. and, one of britain s biggest energy companies tells ministers to take £1,000 off household bills this winter. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. sheffield wednesday and sunderland fight it out for a place in the leaguei play off sunderland fight it out for a place in the league 1 play off final. good evening. 0n the eve of the state opening of parliament, buckingham palace has announced that the queen has decided not to attend because of what they call mobility problems . the queen s speech, outlining the government s programme for the yeasr ahead, will be read tomorrow by the prince of wales wi ....
commemorates the soviet victory over nazi germany during world war ii. it is also really a memorial to those killed during the war. in all, the soviet union lost 27 million people, more than any other nation. but under putin s leadership, victory day has taken on a new edge, serving as a showcase as we have senior after year of russia s military power, russia s military might. as we look at these live pictures from red square, i want to bring in max there, the parade taking place right now. the bureau chief for the financial times, and he joins me now live from latvia. max, as you and i talk, we are looking at the parade in red square in moscow. clearly, as we have seen time and time again, you know, really images of russia s military might and military power. you ve covered these many times, i believe. give me a sense of what the meaning of this for the audience at home, but also abroad here. well, this is really part of this cult of soviet victory in world war ii th ....
minutes or so as russia commemorates the soviet victory against nazi germany in world war ii. these are live images coming to us from red square in moscow. mr. putin wrapped up his remarks about 45 minutes ago or so during victory day ceremonies, and during his speech putin defended russia s invasion of ukraine as necessary, claiming the west was creating threats next to russia s borders and preparing to invade. he also said that russian soldiers fighting ukraine are inspired by soviet troops who fought during world war ii. have a listen. translator: in kyiv they were talking about the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons. the nato bloc started developing territories adjacent to us and, therefore, in a planned way were creating an absolutely unacceptable threat immediately next to our borders. everything pointed to a collision with the nazis, with the nazis and that was inevitable. and that was supported by the west. well, the annual victory day holiday is al ....
the big plan to have 77 aircraft flying over red square to commemorate the 1945 victory over nazi germany did not happen. the kremlin blamed bad weather. regardless, this year s victory day is an ominous show of defiance and irony. the british secretary said putin and generals are mirroring the fascism of 77 years ago. ukraine s president releasing a video message as putin was speaking. volodymyr zelenskyy saying that his country will soon have two victory days, away from the pageantry and rhetoric, the russian military is inflicting more pain and suffering on the ukrainian people. 60 are feared dead after ukraine says russia bombed a school where nearly everyone from a village was taking shelter. a survivor told cnn s sam kiley how he escaped. i got slammed down by a slab, then another explosion, small rocks sprinkled darkness. i looked and the dust settled and a ray of light appeared. sergey crawled out, then he dug me out. dug uncle tolio out, aunt ira out, we craw ....
obviously, there are very strict laws as we know in place right now, restricting what journalists in russia can say. what can you tell us about putin s speech and the reaction there. reporter: you re right. they are restrictive. we can t call what russia calls a special military operation in ukraine, we can t call it a war or invasion. i was in red square when that parade was taking place. i was sitting in one of the stands set up, you know, with vladimir putin, the russian president, as those soldiers marched past. there were 11,000 of them. it was an extraordinary display of patriotism and military might. the soldiers were followed by a parade of military vehicles including tanks and missile launchers and even those powerful, dreadful, intercontinental ballistic missiles that were every year pass on over the cobbles of red square in a show of dramatic military might. it was a little bit smaller than we had expected because of the bad weather, we re told. the kremlin ....