He accused moscow of imitating the tactics of the nazis by deporting hundreds of thousands of ukrainians, and using aerial bombardments to flatten cities. meanwhile, the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, says vladimir putin continues to make fairy tale claims to justify his invasion. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse, has more details. no rallies in kyiv this victory day, in fact nothing major is happening for the first time since ukraine declared independence. figs for the first time since ukraine declared independence. as the ironclad house declared independence. as the ironclad house of declared independence. as the ironclad house of soviet - declared independence. as the ironclad house of soviet and i declared independence. as the - ironclad house of soviet and yummy meat in mortal combat. that country was meat in mortal combat. that country was part meat in mortal combat. .. that country was part of meat in mortal combat. that country was part of the - meat in m
Moscow very closely monitored. absolutely. if you look at those words for a start, vladimir putin did not lay out his strategic vision beyond his already intended goal that he previously stated, being to take the whole of the donbas region. we use language like his soldiers fighting on their own land against fascism. he alluded to his perception that ukrainians and russia are of the same blood. he talked about soviet generals in the same sentence. that will be a sense now that the majority of ukraine will disagree with in the strongest possible terms. for the first time in ukraine s history as an independent country, there are not any large scale events marking victory day because ukraine was in the soviet union in the second world war, in that victory over nazi