Summary
Putin tells his troops they are fighting for their motherland.
Former Russian MP Sergei Markov and advisor to Vladimir Putin gives the Kremlin’s point of view on the day his country celebrates victory at the end of the Second World War, against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
They analyse his claims, as well as President Putin’s speech, with the help of Liza Fokht from the BBC Russia service.
Katarzyna Zysk, professor of international relations and contemporary history at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies explains why Russia’s military force wasn’t on full show.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Chris Flynn and Phil Marzouk. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's 75 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:09.3 | And this happened in Moscow today. |
| 0:21.2 | So that was in Moscow, very powerful, very overwhelming. |
| 0:25.1 | And there were elements of that kind of parade, |
| 0:27.7 | a victory-diaperade in towns and cities across Russia, weren't there? |
| 0:31.0 | Yes, big day today in Russia, a victory day, which celebrates |
| 0:35.4 | the Soviet Union's victory in what is known in Russia |
| 0:38.9 | as the Great Patriotic War. |
| 0:42.2 | At least 10,000, I think, 11,000 soldiers |
| 0:45.7 | marched through Red Square today, lots of tanks, |
| 0:49.5 | military hardware, huge missiles as well. |
| 0:52.9 | So a usually symbolic and powerful spectacle. |
| 0:57.8 | And President Putin spoke as well, which we all discuss |
| 1:01.3 | in this episode of Ukraine, caste. |
| 1:06.1 | Ukraine, caste, from Muslims. |
| 1:09.7 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defense |
| 1:15.8 | to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 1:19.0 | I could not imagine that I would find out |
| 1:22.1 | that actually my home is bombed. |
| 1:24.4 | Is the aggression? |
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