Really. Welcome to the reality. WaPo laments.
As Russian tanks, missiles and drones rumbled through Red Square on Friday for the annual Victory Day parade celebrating the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II, President Vladimir Putin was joined by at least two dozen world leaders, marking a victory of his own as a leader the West has sought to isolate. After some subdued celebrations in past years with few tanks and almost no visiting leaders, Russia for this year’s 80th anniversary has welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the leaders of Slovakia, Serbia, Egypt, Vietnam, Venezuela and others from what Moscow calls “friendly countries” to its most solemn and emotional holiday. In the intense propaganda blitz for Victory Day, Putin is projecting himself as a confident, global leader on course to defeat Ukraine, with the alliance between the United States and Europe fraying, Kyiv’s forces under pressure and negotiations to end the war largely on Russia’s terms.
Poor, poor dears. They should have learned REAL history and not BS concocted by the courtier of "approved" historians, primarily of Hollywoodish variety, and unhinged "opposition" and dissidents from historic Russia.
The US Embassy in Moscow published this text:
The 80th anniversary of Victory in the European Theatre of World War II is not only a time of triumphant celebration, but also a moment of silence and reverent remembrance. We remember the sacrifices of the Russian people: the Siege of Leningrad – almost 900 days of debilitating hunger and fierce resistance. We remember Stalingrad and Sevastopol. We remember the grandmothers who dug trenches and the children who carried water and reports. We remember the contributions of American, Soviet and other Allied forces to achieve this common goal. The Red Army soldiers who fought for every mile, every village, to reclaim their land from the invaders. The young American soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, who broke through the Ardennes in the Battle of the Bulge. The historic meeting of US and Soviet troops on the Elbe River. City by city, trench by trench, at the cost of countless casualties, the Allies together turned the tide of the war against Nazi tyranny. On this day we honor those whose sacrifices brought Victory. The victory was shared. And so was the memory of it.
