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MOSCOW, February 22 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Moscow At the rally, he applauded the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, and the crowd chanted “to show support for those defending the homeland”Russia, Russia” called to chant the slogan.
Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow with a capacity of 81,000 spectators. Putin white, blue and red until it arrives Russia waved their flags and listened to patriotic songs.
“They fight heroically, bravely, bravely. We are proud of them,” Putin he said at the “Glory to Defenders of the Fatherland” event held on February 23, on the eve of the holiday of those who served in the armed forces of Russia.
“The whole country supports them today,” Putin said about the Russian forces in Ukraine, adding that military the chiefs have just been briefed on the situation at the front. “When we are together, we have no equal. to the unity of the Russian people”.
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While the Kremlin sees the war as an existential conflict with the West, Russia is using a “special military evaluates it as “operation”.
The conflict in Ukraine began in 2014 after the “Maidan Revolution” protests in Ukraine overthrew the pro-Russian president and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. of Ukraine with separatists supported by Russia in the east Ukraine fighting began between the forces.
On February 24 last year, Putin ordered the deployment of tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine, a decision that Western powers and of Ukraine marked the empire-style land grab. Ukraine said that every last Russian soldier Ukraine will not rest until it is removed from its territory, including Crimea.
Reporting by Reuters Editing by Gareth Jones
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2023-02-22 21:44:10
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