This year's military parade is noteworthy in four aspects——
First, the number of people in the parade square decreased slightly compared with last year. Second, this year's Russian Red Square military parade resumed the review of the air and sky army aircraft. Third, in this year's Russian military parade equipment, some equipment that did not appear last year was restored. Fourth, the number of foreign leaders participating in the Russian Red Square military parade increased slightly.
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Russia held the Victory Day Red Square Parade as scheduled on May 9 local time.
Compared with last year's Red Square Parade, the Russian side acted like a big enemy, including some concealment of information disclosure. This year's military parade commemorating the 79th anniversary of the victory of the Patriotic War, the Russian side appeared more leisurely than last year.
The key is that on the occasion of the Russian military parade, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also responded to some questions. Such a response deserves attention.
Putin's statement is meaningful.
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Putin Attends the 2024 Red Square Parade
Look at the Red Square parade. Russia is a country that likes military parade almost every year.
Last year, because the Kremlin was attacked by drones, whether Russia will carry out the military parade on schedule, whether Russian President Putin will attend the military parade, etc., became a hot topic in the media before the military parade. Russian authorities did not disclose the details of the military parade plan earlier.
However, it can be seen from the military parade that Putin still appeared at the scene. However, the aircraft of the Air Force did not fly over Red Square.
This year's situation is quite different from last year's. It is felt that in this conflict that has lasted for more than two years, Russia has entered a more leisurely tug of war from the beginning when it wanted to make a quick decision, to the moment when it was counterattacked by Ukraine. Anyway, the Red Square parade was scheduled early. Putin, the fifth president of Russia, also held his first military parade and delivered a speech at the beginning of his new presidency.
In the live broadcast on china.com.cn, Uncle Hai saw that Putin led the soldiers of the parade square to shout "Ura" collectively.
The Russian military parade called "Wula" and the Victory Day called "Wula", which are naturally reserved items. But you should know that more than two years after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russia in particular is experiencing western pressure - the war in Ukraine, Ukraine's backbone is nothing but NATO. Under such circumstances, the voice of "Ura" is naturally a symbol of unity within Russia. This voice came as scheduled, showing the current state of the Russian government, military and people.
Russia Holds a Military Parade to Commemorate the 79th Anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic War
In Uncle Hai's opinion, this year's military parade is noteworthy in four aspects——
First, the number of people in the parade square decreased slightly compared with last year. Last year, there were more than 10000 people in the parade, and this year, there are more than 9000 people. To be honest, it's just a slight decrease. How different is it between more than 10000 people and more than 9000 people? Therefore, some western media's speculations and comments are not based on much.
Second, this year's Russian Red Square military parade resumed the review of the air and sky army aircraft. Last year, no plane flew over Red Square during the military parade in Russia. This is almost unique in the military parade history of the Russian Federation. At that time, when drones attacked the Kremlin, and the Red Square Parade had no sky army aircraft, it seemed that Russia had some omissions in the air defense of the capital. However, Uncle Hai doesn't think so. After all, if the Moscow air defense really has a big oversight, the review of ground forces will be difficult to achieve. Since the ground troops have reached the review, the air defense itself should not be a big problem. But I'm afraid there were more or less problems with the air and space army at that time. This year, the quality of the Russian Air Force was only a dozen planes. This scale is not as good as before. It can be seen that under the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian air force was embarrassed.
Third, in this year's Russian military parade equipment, some equipment that did not appear last year was restored. These equipment were originally supplied by western suppliers. Now it has returned to the field, it can be seen that Russian domestic substitutes or other substitutes have been able to restore the use of equipment.
Fourth, the number of foreign leaders participating in the Russian Red Square military parade increased slightly. Last year, leaders of several CIS countries attended the Red Square parade, including the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Belarus. The same is true this year. In addition, Russia also extended special invitations to the leaders of Cuba, Laos and Guinea Bissau for this year's Red Square military parade.
I always feel that all kinds of signs indicate that although the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, Russia wants to reveal a more peaceful and normal domestic situation to the outside world, which shows that Russia has not been affected too much by the war.
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Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zaharova Map: Information
On the occasion of the Victory Day parade, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zaharova said that she thanked the Chinese side for its attitude towards the upcoming "peace talks" on the Ukrainian crisis in Switzerland.
According to Zaharova, the Russian side thanked China for its decision not to attend the "Ukrainian Peace Conference" to be held near Lucerne, Switzerland, from June 15 to 16.
Russia will certainly not participate in this meeting. Zhaharova specifically pointed out that Russia would not go. But she also said that one of the reasons why China did not attend the meeting was that Russia was not invited to the meeting. Therefore, the so-called "Ukraine Peace Conference" is obviously unfair, and China does not want to participate in this unfair conference.
So, is this meeting fair or not?
In fact, the key to judge the fairness of the meeting is——
Whether the two parties to the conflict are invited to attend the meeting, and whether the two parties to the conflict are willing to attend the meeting.
At present, according to the Russian side, it has not received the invitation at all. How can I get there? How dare you stand outside the window and listen? Is it true that those words that Western teachers scolded in it are good advice? What are you thinking!
On May 5, Zelensky delivered a speech through social media
Then the situation is much simpler. The Russian side said that it was OK not to participate.
Zaharova also gave a reason——
Ukraine has passed domestic legislation and does not negotiate with Putin. In this case, if the Russian side's representative comes to the Swiss negotiating table, will the Ukrainian representative go or stay? Ukraine wants to show its sincerity in negotiations. Would it be better to revoke this bill first?
As for Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just issued a wanted warrant, including the President of Ukraine, Zolensky, and other people.
Whether Ukraine is willing to return to the negotiating table may not be a matter for Zerensky to influence. It is said that in the spring of 2022, Russia and Ukraine were close to reaching a consensus, but were stirred by the West. At that time, then British Prime Minister Johnson asked Zerensky to resist to the end. What about now? Look at the US President Biden who has just signed a US $95 billion military aid bill, most of which is for Ukraine. The gold has been stored, should the cannons continue to sound?
It seems that peace talks are not the first choice of the West. The so-called "Ukraine Peace Conference" is not necessarily a cure!
In fact, during China's top leader's visit to Europe, he has already said that the Chinese government's special envoy for Eurasian affairs is now going to mediate. This is the third time that we have gone for the settlement of the Russian Ukrainian conflict and listened to the views of all parties. I hope that more or less all parties will show more sincerity!
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Victory Day Parade in St. Petersburg: CCTV News
The topic returns to this military parade in Russia. In fact, the military parade was not just in Moscow. Such places as St. Petersburg also held military parades as scheduled.
In some CIS countries, the military parade was also on schedule. What this shows is that the common memory of mankind has not completely deviated from World War II.
Although the West will not invite Putin to participate in the upcoming commemoration of the Normandy landings - considering the current situation, when Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court, it is impossible for him to fly to France to drink and have sex with the head of NATO, but among the allies who jointly defeated fascism in those years, there was the Soviet Union!
Putin mentioned two points during the military parade——
First, pay tribute to the Chinese people who won the war of resistance. That's a good saying. The common memory proving that Russia hopes to win the World War II will be preserved for a long time. In fact, this common memory of justice must be preserved for a long time!
Second, Russia will make every effort to avoid global confrontation. This statement is also very good. What does global confrontation seek? If there are differences, talk about it!
Uncle Hai noticed that this is the second time that Putin has said similar words recently. If someone in the West really understood, maybe the crisis in Ukraine would really turn around!
