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while russian forces bombed a school building where virtually an entire village had taken refuge in eastern ukraine, their comrades in moscow have been preparing for a military parade to celebrate the soviet union s victory over nazi germany. ukraine s president zelensky confirmed that 60 civilians died in the attack. the g7 group of industrialised nations said president putin s war of aggression had brought shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. our correspondent laura bicker reports. this was a school in the village of bilohorivka. it was being used as a shelter when it was hit by an airstrike. around 60 people are feared dead under this rubble. russia is stepping up its assault on eastern and southern ukraine. in mariupol, they seek out the last ukrainian fighters holed up in the vast azovstal steel plant. keep watching and see how they move, is the command made of this russian drone operator. there are thought to be around 2000 ukrainian soldie ....
victory over nazi germany. we ll be talking in eastern ukraine where the fighting in the is most intense. the bi . fighting in the is most intense. the bi icture fighting in the is most intense. the big picture in this region is at the kremlin s big picture in this region is at the kremlin s offensive has largely stalled kremlin s offensive has largely stalled. they have taken hardly any significant stalled. they have taken hardly any significant towns and ukrainians are making significant towns and ukrainians are making them pay a heavy price for every making them pay a heavy price for every scrap making them pay a heavy price for every scrap of land. the democratic unionist party every scrap of land. the democratic unionist party says every scrap of land. the democratic unionist party says it every scrap of land. the democratic unionist party says it will every scrap of land. the democratic unionist party says it will not - unionist party says it wil ....
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 latest. welcome to the show, everyone. it s 9 a.m. here in ukraine, but all eyes are on moscow where russia s annual victory day parade is about an hour or so away. this is video from rehearsals from saturday. the holiday marks the defeat of nazi germany during world war ii but today under the shadow of a new war in europe, the event taking on new significance. it s been warned russian president vladimir putin could use this holiday to make a major announcement about the war in ukraine. the victory celebration comes one day after ukraine marked its own day of remembrance with president volodymyr zelenskyy accusing russia of failing to learn the lessons of world war ii. russia has forgotten everything that was very important to the victors of world war ii, but ukraine and the whole free world will remind it so that no one will forget so that really important words never again which are repeated all over the free world every year on the days of remembrance of t ....