‘West was preparing to invade our land,’ Putin says in Victory Day speech
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2022-05-09T08:34:50+00:00
Shafaq News / Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine had been necessary because the West was “preparing for the invasion of our land.”
Putin was speaking at the annual Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square marking the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
(Reuters)