[Full speech] What I said on President Putin's Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech at the Victory Day ceremony from 4 pm on the 9th of Japan time.

The full speech is as follows.

Respected Russian citizens!

Veterans!

Soldiers and sailors, sergeants and noncommissioned officers, lieutenants and warrant officers!

And comrades, officers, generals and admirals!

Congratulations on the anniversary of the great victory.

When the fate of the homeland was decided, it was always sacred to protect the homeland.

With such true patriotism, Pozharski's soldiers stood up for their homeland.

Russians also fought in the grasslands of Borodino.

He also fought in Moscow and Leningrad, Kyiv and Minsk, Stalingrad and Kursk, Sevastopol and Kharkov, and in the suburbs of each city.

And now you are in Donbus, fighting for us people.

For the security of my home country Russia.

May 9, 1945 was forever engraved in world history as a victory for the unity and spirit of our Soviet people, and for their unparalleled success on the front lines and after the gun.

Victory Day is a familiar and important day for each of us.

No family in Russia is unaffected by the Great Patriotic War.

The memory never fades.

On this day, the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the Great Patriotic War heroes are in the endless stream of the "Immortal Regiment."

I have pictures of relatives, pictures of dead soldiers who are forever young, and pictures of veterans who have already died.

We are proud of the generation of brave winners who did not allow conquest and are proud of their successors.

Our duty is to cherish the memories of those who have defeated Nazism and have been alert and told to make every effort to prevent the fear of global war from repeating.

That is why, despite all the differences in its position in international affairs, Russia has always called for an equal and inseparable security system, one that is essential to the international community as a whole.

Last December, we proposed to conclude a security treaty.

Russia urged Western nations to engage in sincere dialogue, seek wise compromises, and consider each other's national interests.

But everything was in vain.

NATO member states did not listen to us.

So, in reality, he had a completely different plan.

We could see it.

In Donbus, preparations for further disciplinary operations were openly undertaken to invade our historic lands, including the Crimea.

Kyiv had announced the possibility of acquiring nuclear weapons.

And NATO member countries have begun active military development in the areas adjacent to Japan.

In this way, an absolutely unacceptable threat to us was created systematically and close to the border.

Everything suggested that a clash between the United States and its surrounding neo-Nazis and Banderaists was inevitable.

Again, we were witnessing the deployment of military infrastructure, the start of hundreds of foreign advisers, and the regular delivery of state-of-the-art weapons from NATO member states.

The danger was increasing day by day.

What Russia has done is a preemptive response in preparation for the aggression.

It was the only correct decision that was necessary, timely and timely.

It is the judgment of a strong and independent country with sovereignty.

The United States began to say that they were special, especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

As a result, it humiliated not only the whole world, but also the satellite states that had to obey obedience by pretending to be unaware of anything.

But we are different.

Russia is not such a country.

We never give up our love for our country, our beliefs and traditional values, our ancestral customs, our respect for all peoples and cultures.

The West seems to be trying to abandon these millennial values.

This moral deterioration has cynically altered the history of World War II, aggravated Russia's aversion, beautified the sellers, ridiculed the memories of the victims, and the courage of those who struggled to win. Is the source of erasing.

I also know that American veterans who wanted to come to the parade in Moscow were virtually banned from attending.

But I want them to know that they are "proud of your success and their contribution to a common victory."

We pay tribute to the troops of all Allied powers such as the United States, Great Britain and France.

And I pay tribute to all those who have defeated Nazism and militarism, including the participants of the resistance movement, the brave soldiers of China and the partisans.

Respected comrades!

Today, the Volunteers of Donbus are fighting on their land with Russian soldiers.

It is the land where the Vigilants of Subyatoslav and Vladimir Monomuff, the soldiers of Lumyantsev and Pochomkin, the soldiers of Sborov and Brusilov, and the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, Nikolai Watuchin, Siddle Koffpak and Lyudmila Pavrichenko, have defeated their enemies.

Now, I want to tell my army and the volunteers of Donbus.

You are fighting for your homeland, for its future, and for no one to forget the lessons of World War II.

To eliminate the persecutors, the punishers, and the Nazis' whereabouts from this world.

We mourn all the people, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandparents, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends who were killed in the Great Homeland War.

In May 2014, at the Trade Union Hall, we mourn the martyrs of Odessa, who were burned alive.

Mourning the elderly, women, children and civilians of Donbus, who were victims of ruthless bombardment and barbaric attacks by neo-Nazis.

And let's mourn the heroic death of a comrade in the battle of justice for Russia.

Let's offer a minute of silence.

The death of each soldier, officer, or individual (one minute of silence)

is a sadness for all of us and an irreparable loss for our relatives and friends.

States, regions, businesses, and public institutions will do their utmost to monitor and support such families.

Special support for children killed or injured.

A presidential directive to that effect was signed today.

We hope that the injured soldiers and officers will recover quickly.

And thank the devoted work of doctors, rescuers, nurses and medical staff in military hospitals.

For those of you who have often been shot and fought on the front lines without regard for your own life, I think you will be disappointed.

Respected comrades!

Now, here on Red Square, soldiers and officers from many parts of the vast homeland stand side by side.

Some have come directly from Donbus and other combat areas.

We remember that Russian enemies used international terrorist organizations to instill hostility between ethnic groups and religions, weakening and dividing us from within.

But nothing went well.

Our soldiers on the battlefield, like brothers, protect each other from ammunition and debris, despite their different ethnicities.

That is the power of Russia.

The great and immortal power of a united multi-ethnic nation.

Hello, you are trying to protect what your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather have fought and protected.

For them, the greatest significance of life has always been the prosperity and security of their homeland.

And for us, their successors, dedication to their homeland is of the highest value and a strong pillar of Russia's independence.

Those who shattered Nazism in the Great Patriotic War set an example of eternal heroism.

This generation is exactly the winner, and we are always apprentices.

Glory to our brave army!

For Russia!

For victory!

Banzai!