Let me repeat, we saw the military infrastructure being built up, hundreds of foreign advisors starting work, and regular supplies of cutting-edge weaponry being delivered from NATO countries. There was every indication that a clash with neo-Nazis and Banderites backed by the United States and their minions was unavoidable. Thus, an absolutely unacceptable threat to us was steadily being created right on our borders. The NATO bloc launched an active military build-up on the territories adjacent to us. Kiev declared that it could attain nuclear weapons. Another punitive operation in Donbass, an invasion of our historic lands, including Crimea, was openly in the making. NATO countries did not want to heed us, which means they had totally different plans. Russia urged the West to hold an honest dialogue in search for meaningful and compromising solutions, and to take account of each other’s interests. Last December we proposed signing a treaty on security guarantees. Therefore, despite all controversies in international relations, Russia has always advocated the establishment of an equal and indivisible security system which is critically needed for the entire international community. We take pride in the unconquered courageous generation of the victors, we are proud of being their successors, and it is our duty to preserve the memory of those who defeated Nazism and entrusted us with being vigilant and doing everything to thwart the horror of another global war. They carry photos of their family members, the fallen soldiers who remained young forever, and the veterans who are already gone. On this day, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the heroes march in an endless flow of the Immortal Regiment. There is no family in Russia that was not burnt by the Great Patriotic War. Victory Day is intimately dear to all of us. has been enshrined in world history forever as a triumph of the united Soviet people, its cohesion and spiritual power, an unparalleled feat on the front lines and on the home front.
Today, as in the past, you are fighting for our people in Donbass, for the security of our Motherland, for Russia. It was the feeling of true patriotism that Minin and Pozharsky’s militia stood up for the Fatherland, soldiers went on the offensive at the Borodino Field and fought the enemy outside Moscow and Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk, Stalingrad and Kursk, Sevastopol and Kharkov. Comrade officers, generals and admirals, I congratulate you on the Day of Great Victory! The defence of our Motherland when its destiny was at stake has always been sacred.
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