According to him, in 1941, more than 80% of the armed forces of Germany and its satellites were concentrated against the Soviet Union, but they were powerless against the cohesion of Soviet citizens.
He noted that the Soviet people were able to overcome the terrible total evil, defeating more than six hundred divisions of the enemy and destroying 75% of the total number of aircraft, tanks, artillery pieces of the enemy.
The President emphasized that this is the main, honest, unclear truth about the war.
“We must protect and defend it, pass it on to our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Today’s military parade is in honor of this sacred truth, in honor of the outstanding generation of winners who determined the outcome of the entire Second World War, ”he said.
Earlier in Moscow, the Victory Parade began.