if. russia marks a victory day with a spectacular parade in moscow thousands of soldiers marched through red square joined by more than a hundred military vehicles and their. second thoughts this public anger in denmark of the country's involvement to be in conflict saying it's being done for the wrong reasons that my price plus. iraqi people have wanted us out and we stayed there for their own good that's not democracy the democratic image of america's policy in the middle east is distorted by its continued presence in iraq despite promises to withdraw from.

around the world and around the clock you're watching r.t. uncharacteristically russia is marking victory day sixty six years since nazi germany was defeated in world war two vets of commemoration and celebration taking place across the country by the traditional ground military parade on red square the area without any more special coverage throughout the day. or that main parade on red square took place and then a spectacular scenes of pomp and pageantry washing it for us was our government control. it was absolutely stunning to be here in this site corney location on the red square of the heart of russia on this very important day the ninth of may which this year marks the sixty sixth anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany and the victory in the great potshot it war as these holy days known in russia will

thousands of troops marching through red square here and they accompanies over one hundred pieces of military hardware the pride of russia's armed forces some of the newest and most powerful weapons in the world will still sore in the end of the parade which last an hour am i had a hope there's some way of helicopters flying very low over the crowd and in the evening traditional bywords will paint skies of different cities different colors of course the biggest was the biggest i would say reserved for moscow the red square r.t. will be bringing you live pictures of those fireworks of course but being here on the state rests where you realize that sixty six euro zone is the separate bodies of twenty six million people the lives of the soviet people and the victory in that war that is still resonating molavi that any and any gun salute or by words to

splay and of course of their holy day in the first place but only to the world war two veterans and it's very touching to see so many young people who came to rats what they know just to see the parade but just say thank you person to those people who was in that or sorry book reports on hold close to the enemy came to moscow to stop them in his tracks which include girl hundred and fifty kilometers southwest of moscow the city an important strategic point for the german forces attempts to conquer mosco and a great page feels it will. it was hell i felt like an end of the world everything was on fire burning exploding all around trees were on fire. house was burning when the crashing noise was terrible people running around here. down hard for me to look back at the time. just eleven years old when the germans invaded the

witnessed first hand. against civilians because. i remember the regional homes for every lost be they could find his family he had someone who either die from starvation doesn't mean as the barber also jurisdiction to create a nazi soldiers were exempted from prosecution if they committed a crime against the safety of people and were encouraged in the murders of the jewish and slavic civilians it is war of annihilation and his instructions based on racial ideologies carried out with devastating severity monks the archives here. a thousands of documents the tailings some of the atrocities carried out by german occupiers against the citizens we've read some hiring accounts from children whose parents have been killed we also found an advertisement that went up in the city

the german soldier said that they think that telephone lines were cut by one of the citizens and for that twenty people are going to be killed or they wouldn't have known he was guilty but it says at the bottom have anything sinless tried again the punishment would be even worse. during the occupation thousands of children were rounded up like cattle sent west to work in the german labor counts. little by little was just by our numbers each barrack or surrounded with four wire with bright yellow sand around it there were throats horns in the sand the children were reach out for those nice looking tours and be electrocuted there were also taken blood from the children to use for the treatment of german officers nazi propaganda films praised the friendship movement showing locals and germans working hand in hand they say with that for witness the reality you respond incredulously.

grew together women and children from nearby villages they were pushed into basement and then such on fire a lot of people died that way it in response to the terror many citizens take up arms and engage in guerrilla warfare against the invaders beyond the limits of the german advance say good citizens neighbor allies to conform extraordinary efforts to drive out the enemy. i remember is it was yesterday room our troopers and to the city some were just eighteen nineteen year old boys in white for the white camouflage guns it was cool to minus forty degrees and he walked on christmas you know with the extra was it and he was smiling and looking like ancient. nazi tallahassee would eventually create self defeating creating an attitude of hatred and stubborn resistance among the conquered people a young girl trapped behind german lines writes to her father in the red army their

blood thirsty monsters you can't even call them human kill them partner kill the enemy. r.c. khaliq a region. it was not only for as many cities played their part in stopping the nazi wave standing rock remains the by word both for the car a chant for the great sacrifice of the soviet soldiers who died fighting against the nazis stalingrad saw one of the bloodiest battles in the history of humankind dumbarton went to meet those people who are trying to make sure today that the second voice is never forgotten. today the city is called volgograd but sixty eight years ago it was called stalin graph and it was the scene of one of the largest battles in military history and even today its left its mark spoke physical and spiritual on the city here and its population and its that famous i've been examining in my report. right back from the past this old soviet

like tankers lay under the mud for sixty eight years it proved to be the invaders in the city of stone. it was called the mass grave it's all of a small thing it could be pierced by machine gun bullets it was part of the soviet on which by all time nine hundred forty two were desperately trying to protect stalin sitting both from a vast axis offensive the author was an eighteen year old cadet as the germans closed in he was read stalin's infamous order not to retreat one step back whatever the cost but. in the first combat we were bombs in our offices and were killed when you thought was a baptism of fire. over the next six months the bomber to the nation of soviet soldiers safe city and track the invading germans in a circle much of which destroyed hitler's biggest army. since that great victory much has changed stalin grant changed its name to volgograd the soviet union itself

collapsed and those who remember the battle and now all. but when it comes to monuments all good mates. there was a moment the second step so maria was no me as we're going up what you have to be careful here this is the most dangerous you are not serious we could be inside a military bunker a metal and concrete certainly make it look like one but we emerged for programming deal with the city of volgograd stop at least we just popped down to the head of the city's iconic mother russia statue in some ways this statue was a metaphor for the war itself a rough and ready construction as practical as the soviet soldiers who fought here a strength as defiant as the soviet army clung to the backs of all at her size as vast as the battle that raged around here there are many more reminders abound that's real not less stylized and a lot more from these soldiers went very solemn ceremony they lie where they fell

unseen. these teams of volunteers have been researching and excavating the battle site for years but also. the close relatives of the soldiers are getting very old themselves the documents were flying to compose we don't pick them up at the wheel or redo that. story and they don't know what was around i think they want to try and record the human stories of the stalingrad back which claimed as many as two million lives many generals say the war isn't over until the last body is b.r.l. cause that's the most of every very group so they reckon star enough bullets and bones left for even his grandchildren to find the terror and tragedy of these ultimate sacrifice has yet to be revealed this miracle is one of the more concrete reminders of what happened here sixty eight years ago but will the really digging up isn't just metal and gunpowder it's memories tom watson artsy bugout region. of

course victory day remains a deeply emotional holiday for everyone but it is their holiday the world war two got shoes in the first place every year there are fewer and fewer of these people these heroes left a life and it is their courage the sekret their insurance which defines the soviet union as a superpower and even today no other advanced feels russians with so much price for their country. have reported. well the perception of the soviets contribution to world war two differs in russian to that of western countries in our interview next hour professor jeffrey roberts from boston college who cannot discuss is how much of what happened is misunderstood. i think probably in the case of the united states is probably more ignorance of the general picture of the world than there is in other countries so for all those other countries in the war in the united states than elsewhere or not doesn't just in the war on district be complex in britain

about hollywood resolution of the war on presenting it as a it was the americans to having said that of course united states to play a very important role in the world was the soviet union in support of my supply. i was so i would people say that they should recognize our country roads as well ticket because the russian contribution the soviet controversial. see is a parade that lasted for more than an hour involved a record number of troops more than one hundred military vehicles a road through red square during events craft flying overhead let's take a look back now at some of the hons.

and of course you can see the full of version or thoughts of it today parade notes and don't come. too often means no. or maybe nato jets have attacked a government weapons depo just southwest of the probable tripoli it came as forces loyal to moammar gadhafi launched a wave of attacks on rebel held areas across the country. fierce fighting has been

reporting the city of misrata last rebel stronghold in the west opposition there says it's quitting no one wouldn't surprise of one's own military in crisis but it spiked almost daily bombing runs the subjects to break the siege of port city it's articles and reports some nato nations are finding it harder to justify the cost of the campaign. for those who joined the fight in libya the cost of conflict is quickly taking off their marks one of just six nato members conducting air strikes to enforce the no fly zone it's six f. sixteen fighter planes a racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month we're anticipating a number of i was considering them that we aren't that many nation that is using fighter planes. they say u.s. for example they're using drones they have had tomahawk missiles but i don't have any fighter planes and all that means that the british air france and also the

danged have actually had so many soldiers that we were perhaps anticipating when we started your bridge. then mark dropped one hundred twenty six percent bombs in the first four nights of the campaign each one costs on average fifty thousand dollars on top of that there's one point six million a month the station the jets in sicily along with one hundred thirty personnel at this rate denmark's annual cost will be one hundred seventy million dollars four percent of its defense budget the danish air force refuses to comment on money saying it's too political a topic that parliament says it can afford it nevertheless it's disappointed others aren't putting their money where their mouth eats. well i think there is quite a few people who are excited disappointed about obama and gratian because. president obama has. that we want to promote you know human rights and there is

a violation of human rights in libya right now these people have come to the american embassy to show their opposition to the war it's not just the conflict they're protesting against though it's also denmark's willingness to follow the us into battle. they do this because. i don't know some people say they have an inferiority complex hell they follow big daddy the. united states and france wants this war against gadhafi so they go along their junior partner the danish parliament was unanimous in backing and bombing campaign in libya and the first time ever on a military action since then cracks have appeared with the far left red green alliance withdrawing its support it says nato has gone beyond its mandate by taking sides in a civil war now the party is denmark could follow suit again with a ground offensive looming but i think it's likely because the moment is the ones

to be a strongman is precedes this upcoming election. and also that it's the policy of the current government to be as close to us as possible at the moment the government's against sending ground forces six f. sixteen s are already costing the same as denmark's troop deployments in afghanistan and they've been there for ten years but as afghanistan kosovo and iraq all showed when push comes to shove the countries more than willing to join america whatever the cost are the bennetts artsy copenhagen. publicly u.s. backing for the pro-democracy uprisings in the middle east often consists of a statement saying that people must determine their own future behind the scenes though it's widely acknowledged there's a lot more interference by those reports that washington's desire to promote inside knowledge sometimes needs to unexpected results. she is the country clothed in

stars and stripes he said surprised with the nobel peace prize winning president pioneering the big t.v. around the world let us be clear the united states of america stands with the people of tunisia and supports the democratic aspirations of all people from tunisia. to egypt. to libya. washington has said the will of people must determine the fate of their country. but in iraq where america claims to be transplanting democracy a renewed sense of nationalism has united thousand against the us we're not supporting the democratic aspirations of people in iraq we haven't been for years now mean iraqi people have wanted us out and we stayed there for their own good that's not democracy. anger over us occupation that the president george w.

bush a party that in two thousand and eight washington drafted in agreement promising all american troops what do withdraw from iraq by the end of this here in today's more peaceful iraq critics say the pentagon is stepping up pressure to overstay its welcome and cement its pushcart the pentagon is pushing for a military presence after the summer of two thousand and eleven around twenty two thousand troops while the white house is talking about ten thousand troops so actually there is an agreement that is a tacit agreement that the u.s. will stay in iraq forty seven thousand u.s. troops still remain in iraq where america's embassy looms large and control over iraq's oil so there is perceived to be openly copy problems in this eight year war at the very least order to deny china or any of their perceived tensional rival control all valuable resources the idea. ingrained in the thinking of

these new york stress. washington d c we're still very much in our. role in the middle east. experts say the u.s. wants to remain in the region to keep an eye on syria and contain iraq at the develop in syria go to the extent that there is and follow the regime we don't know what kind of regime or maybe even it will be. us three maybe it will be something even worse you cannot redraw at this juncture you cannot leave the vacuum iran will just take advantage of it but from the perception of american interest meanwhile the perception of america's democracy remains somewhat distorted has it been used as a tool to achieve the geo political gains in financial interests who are all washington in the end listening to the voice of the people growing up or not i r.t. new york. look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. in

syria thirteen army personnel killed in an ambush in the central city of homs officials say the attack was carried out an arms terrorist group on sunday twelve civilians were mostly killed during clashes with the army in the same city since the outbreak of violence in the country one eight hundred people from died around eight thousand reported in prison missing. from inside japan's badly damaged fukushima nuclear plant has been leased workers can be seen setting up a new cooling system for the installation of purifies but significantly reduced radiation levels at the facility first time stop unable to reach the reactor since march and i think it's because most assistance from the. egypt ministry of justice says anyone threaten the country's security who don't really find least comes after hundred nineteen people were detained following

deadly clashes with the. christians and muslims. of conservative muslims torched two churches after reports that a christian woman who had converted to islam was being held by clashes that left twelve people dead and more than two hundred thirty the largest since the un sting former president hosni mubarak. the u.s. is pressing pakistan to explain how it was able to hide for almost seven years washington is also demanding access to his three widows and he could be valuable sources of intelligence as artie's military honest explains bin ladin could have been far more effective. nitrate against you. has vividly demonstrate to what extent they u.s. foreign policy is driven by the political agenda not by the in the says city that is dictated by counterterrorism there were two ways to deal with some of the ludden

when actionable intelligence were reported to the white house they were political way and special forces very special forces option was to snatch osama bin laden alive for the purpose of interrogating and recurring him we've been full of psychological and information operations and to condition osama bin laden to denounce all very terrorist activities there could be the most important long term benefit of taking him alive instead a bomb open for political options he authorized to waste osama bin laden in pakistan on the spot to reap off short term political benefits small wonder that his security and intelligence community in the united states seething with anger and that's why the former national security adviser u.s.

marine general james jones used to call the white house keep its ears the water box now you know why. i'll be back with main headlines in just a few minutes or nazi staples.

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