Russian President Delivers Speech Honoring Victory Day

May 9, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.05.2025

At the Victory Day Parade held on May 9 in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian citizens with the triumphant victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
Key Takeaways from President Putin’s Victory Day Speech:
  • We are united in our admiration for the generation that won the Great Patriotic War.
  • Russia, at the cost of millions of lives, won freedom and peace for all of humanity.
  • Victory Day is the main holiday for Russia.
  • Russia will always be an indestructible barrier to Nazism, will fight the atrocities of its followers.
  • All of Russia supports the participants of the special operation, is proud of their fortitude.
  • Russia will always remember the lessons of World War II and will never accept the distortion of its events, attempts to justify the executioners, and slander the true victors.
  • The complete defeat of Nazi Germany was accomplished by the joint efforts of many countries; Russia highly values the contribution of its allies.
  • Russians should emulate the veterans and their determination to defend their homeland.

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