Russia increased its attacks kamikaze plane Hours before the start of the Iranian-made commemorations, targets in Ukraine were fired upon. victory day It causes power outages in at least six districts in Moscow and other cities across the country. In parallel, Russian troops intensified artillery shelling of Ukrainian positions in the disputed areas. bakhmutIn an attempt to complete the conquest of this town in the Donbas, where the undoubted battle took place. longer and more deadly.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschkó said at least once a day sixty attacks More than half of the attacks were recorded in the country with unmanned kamikaze devices directed at the capital. According to his version of events, none of the enemy drones managed to overcome the Kiev anti-aircraft defense, but in some cases their remains and fragments fell on residential areas, causing at least five minor injuries. Others two civilians They were also injured in Kherson
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported the areas where the electricity was cut off on its Telegram channel: sumi, Chernigov, Kharkov, herson, Zaporizhia And Donetsk. However, neither Kiev nor Odessa experienced a supply disruption. According to the source, Ukriform employees worked all day to repair the damaged network as soon as possible. All day long, More than 24,000 users affected by the cuts houses electric power. Of course, in the port city of Odessa, the damage to a food warehouse as a result of the attacks led to strong condemnation of the organization. local red cross. “The humanitarian aid in the warehouses for the Odessa region was completely destroyed in the fire,” he said.
cultural connections
Ukraine commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany since 2015, not Moscow, in an attempt to suppress cultural ties with Moscow. May 9, but 8, like the rest of the Western nations. Despite the difference that President Volodymyr Zelensky uses on this occasion to draw parallels between the Second World War and the Ukrainian nation’s struggle to liberate itself from Russian influence, it is a gesture loaded with symbolism. greatly irritating He promised that his regime would be adjacent to the east. Vladimir Putin He will suffer the same fate as Hitler. “All the old evils brought by modern Russia will likewise be defeated. Nazism defeated”, the president guessed, a change in all The version of the Kremlin’s war that claims to be fighting against something exactly. neo nazi junta It was founded in Kiev.
This narrative, which is also defended by the West, is also criticized by the Russian authorities. This Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU He accused Twenty-seven of “trying to rewrite history” to compare The conflict in Ukraine with the Second World War. The delegation argues on its Telegram channel that the only commonality between the two conflicts is Russia’s “fight against Nazism for freedom and security.” “A truly fitting conclusion is that many European countries fighting alongside Nazi Germany provided arms and volunteers to the Kiev regime,” the message said.