President #Putin on #VictoryDay: Today we pay tribute and express our gratitude to generation of heroes. We cherish the memory of battle-front veterans & brave partisans. We bow our heads to cherish those whose lives were taken by war and veterans who are no longer with us.

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Президент России В.В.#Путин о Дне Победы: Сегодня мы отдаём дань памяти и благодарности всему поколению великих героев и тружеников, вспоминаем фронтовиков, храбрых партизан и подпольщиков. Мы склоняем головы перед светлой памятью всех, чью жизнь отняла война, скорбим о ветеранах, которые ушли от нас.

In commemoration of the upcoming #VictoryDay on #May9 we present to you a special series: #SymbolsOfVictory. It is dedicated to Soviet military awards of #WWII era & heroes who were honoured with them. Episode 1 – Order of Victory & Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky

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#Victory77 #May9

🌟 Happy #VictoryDay!

Today marks the 78th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.

#LestWeForget

#Victory78 #VDay78 #May9

⚔️ Бои подо Ржевом шаг за шагом, день за днем приближали триумфальный исход Сталинградского сражения, прорыв блокады Ленинграда, освобождение Белоруссии, Украины, Прибалтики, тот самый окончательный, решительный перелом в ходе всей Второй мировой войны.

🕯️В память о подвиге советских бойцов южноафриканцы читают стихотворение А.Твардовского «Я убит подо Ржевом» (1946 г.)

#Victory78 #9May #Победа78 #ДеньПобеды #Vday #9Мая #VictoryDay

🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, May 10, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #VictoryDay #Victory78
🔹 Dismantling a monument of gratitude to the Red Army in Poland
🔹 The Baltic authorities’ attempts to prevent May 9 celebrations
🔹 Situation in Pakistan

And much more...

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Talking points:

#Ukraine

Before May 9, Vladimir Zelensky cancelled Victory Day, which the majority of Ukrainian citizens hold sacred, and declared Europe Day instead. <...> By taking this decision, Vladimir Zelensky has cast a shadow over the feat accomplished by millions of Ukrainians and betrayed the memory of those who stood up to defend this land from a fascist Europe.

History develops in cycles. Eighty years after the rout of Nazism, we are again fighting this horror reborn in the West and Ukraine. This time, the enemy has tried to set against us a certain part of the population in the originally Russian areas by inculcating in them the idea of ethnic superiority. The memory of our fallen ancestors cannot allow us to let the neo-Nazis in Ukraine gain the upper hand. The declared goals are important as never before. As the Russian leadership said, they would be implemented.

#Pakistan

We are closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan following the May 9 arrest of Imran Khan, former prime minister and chairman of Pakistan’s largest opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice), on corruption charges. We are seriously concerned about media reports of violent attacks by protesters on police and miliary facilities in the country.

We call on the sides to settle their differences peacefully. We hope that the large-scale protests will be held without major clashes and that the situation will normalise soon.

🕊 On 9th May #VictoryDay is celebrated, a public holiday marking the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazis in 1945.

On this day we pay tribute with the deepest respect and gratitude to everyone who earned peace fighting on the front line and bringing it closer with his selfless work in the rear.

#VictoryDay #Victory79
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🕊 9 мая отмечается #ДеньПобеды – праздник по случаю 79-й годовщины победы над фашизмом в 1945 г.

В этот день мы с глубочайшим почтением и благодарностью отдаем дань уважения всем, кто боролся против фашистских захватчиков, сражаясь на фронте и в тылу.

С Днем Победы!

#ДеньПобеды #Победа79

🌐 Russian diplomats, compatriots, friends and all those who remember history and the sacrifice made by the Soviet people in saving humanity from Nazism, on May 9 pay tribute to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and their immortal feat.

📹 Here's how #VictoryDay is celebrated abroad, far away from home.

#Victory79