From Katharina Krebs in London
Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the “Immortal Regiment” procession on Red Square in Moscow, holding a portrait of his father, a front-line soldier, the Kremlin said in a statement on Monday.
On May 9, as part of the “Immortal Regiment” campaign, people march in cities of Russia and abroad with portraits of relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War.
More on Russia’s Victory Day: Global leaders and defense officials had spent weeks speculating Putin might reveal about his Ukraine plans in a speech at Russia’s Victory Day commemorations. The leader offered few clues on the direction of the conflict.
The Russian president used his speech to blend history with the present, banking on Russian nationalism on its most patriotic of holidays to justify his war.
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