ah, ah ah russians unite on vic today with persuades, an immortal regiment. motions taking place across the country are doing both fallen and living soldiers. with the dozens of the dumbass city of mario pl. opening, joined in the celebration for the 1st time since the area with these by the ukrainian military 8 years ago. and we are very sorry that all this stopped in 2014. if we had gone further, maybe there would not have been so many victims, but i think it's a holiday. it's not even a longing. this is a joy that overwhelmed the soul because for all 8 years, all this was forbidden here. while in his victory day adrift, vladimir putin force parallels between the common conflict in ukraine and the fight

against the northeast. during the 2nd world war with russia is that road, you know, you are fighting for your homeland in its future to ensure that no one forgets the lessons of the 2nd world war. so that there is no place in the world for execution is punishes, and nazis here with president joe biden is to sign and then denise the act later today with the aim of facilitating an increase in military supplies to care. ah hello and welcome on policy. i thank you so much for joining us here on our tea international. we're coming to live on this very special may, 9th victory date celebration. let's get started. the grad military

parade on weighed square to mark the $77.00 anniversary. a victory over nazi germany has now wrapped up, but somebody instead of patients continue across russia, huge crowds turned out for the annual immortal regimen, march and moscow and other cities. people carry photos of their relatives and loved ones who took part in world war 2. his ortiz, india train code reporting from the ground. i don't know, a march that is bigger than this in this country. i don't know a holiday, a celebration, an event that's more important for russians than victory day. and something that warms up the hearts of everyone as much as the immortal regiment. march. now let me just tell you how this tradition was born about a couple of decades ago. i do use yes to the small russian city, came up with this idea. print out the photos of your relative, great grand parents,

grandparents. um maybe someone else from your family had took part in the warm here, the stories from the older generation. just think about what these people went through during these very difficult times when once again, millions of soviet citizens and other citizens from other countries where the world died in self heard up, commemorate, remember, and just take these photos march. i think about all this and now what he, you see, this is the main street of moscow. bit of sky gives you compare, you can compare to shows any zane powers for example. and it is full of people we saw cause, but also the international space station. we saw people as city beyond

the arctic circle in russia in snow. this is how it's important for the people in russia. and guess who you can see here. my 4 great grandparents, you start an exaggeration when they say that every family was affected by the war there you have it. it to her a from everyone around me. that's what i can hear pretty much every minute here at the immortal redshirt barge in central mosque was a what i was telling you is that there was a contribution from every single person, my great grandparents that he could see on my right. well, i clearly judging from the previous years, several 100000 people usually take part. maybe this year a record will be set immortal regimen commemorations almost took a deadly turn in the ukraine city of san, where

a russian defense system was able to prevent ukrainian miscellaneous tax on the petition. that's according to the russian ministry of defense, which adds that it is the 1st time that such a parade has been able to take place and russian forces seized the city. over a month ago. a city in ukraine's east has held its 1st immortal wageman position since the 2014 coo local with many children and world war veterans amongst them, flooded the streets of many people carrying portraits of the relatives who fought in the great patriotic war. with the dental simple flowers to the memorial of rather grave, where the eternal flame has been released after a 7 year absence. the 13 has been under the control of the new administration since the 3rd week of the ukraine war and in the dom best of murray, opal recent t. v. taken by russian forces today is also being celebrated. a huge 300 meter long

st. george ribbon was unfilled in the city, and the eternal flame was solemnly. people have been carrying portraits of the relatives and main flowers as a monument to the fall, and many of the local se they're happy to be able to open me. celebrate for today, for the 1st time in 8 years, as my reopen had been under the control of ukraine's military since 2014 which we are very sorry that all this stopped in 2014. if we had gone further that maybe there would not have been so many victims, so much destruction. if it's a holiday, it's not even a longing. this is a joy that overwhelmed the soul because for all 8 years, all this was forbidden here. and if there is a holiday in my soul now, because we have been waiting for all 8 years, we were waiting for victory day when we wouldn't be afraid to go to the monument and lay flowers. oh yes, yes. can innovations to con, special significance in the capital of the neighboring lugens for public to after

public initiative? logan city was we named version of brad. it's soviet name will be it for just the one day locals or say, able to attend an exhibition of arms that were seized during the latest fighting against ukrainian nationalist ortiz. no hear from national reports on the ground. if we are in central ganske at this well grade page, you would ignore heroes where the mean victory day celebrations are taking place today. the annual event working with unions victory over nancy, germany in wal mart, has a completely new meaning. the here has fears, fighting ranges over on the gaunt bundle region in clothing here in people's republic of levant to root out here quin in neo nazi groups as a key gone. mm hm.

in the 77 years ago, our grandfathers defeated fascist germany allowing us to live in freedom and independence. and today this heroic deed is repeated by the descendants who as in 1941 side by side with other nationalities, liberating our land. only this time from ukrainian invaders 2nd thought, my budget waiver, my great grandfather fought in the greek patriotic war and i am very proud of it. you knew this holiday needs a lot to me. every year our family gathers to celebrate it with fireworks, to restore the memory of our great grandfathers and other veterans. here, those 4840, and i say this is the history. our great country are lou ganske and dan base as a whole. what we are proud of it on the other countries are rewriting this history, but we must honor and remember it. sheets. no, let's get out here today. talk a lot about mammaries, that naturalism is evil and the world shouldn't forget about it. the pessimism

looking to women, this is all on to the younger generations, is the idea behind what you're living. memory off generations have been hot all new for today. more than a world war to mess around right now passes. wrapping off a banner, the red flag raised by a whole year. i top the ruins off the german rates are back in 1945 move on to the republics armed forces and throw the wrong news, a young man. so with a full victory day, they organized an open air museum here at the central square of elegance with various military machinery and weapons on display, including the ukrainian armed forces, tangs armored vehicles, and to missile defense system save by the republican army in recent months. among

them, the sac song, the armored personnel carrier used by the british army. it was seized a novel dar, some 100 kilometer away from logan's. in this conflict key of uses a lot of foreign weapons. and the chem can britain is responsible for that will deliver it. and i hope that no matter how much more of their equipment we capture there will be no room on the square for it on the next victory day at the mo, mo, i'm in the u. s and the you are helping me, but this is a bad decision to make. it is wrong to support fascism. nikiya day celebration is taking place today all across the people's republic, august of them here again, the capital one in towns and villages all across newly liberated areas. symbolic victory, banners raised in several wrong blind teachings with a joint russian republican forces relentless advance. many bill and not a victory is just around the corner, and soon people's republic of la guns will see its entire territory. regain river

nationality from logan's. military parades were held in cities across the country earlier on monday, with the largest taking place in moscow. he has some of the highlights from weight square. ah

large scale parades to place in 27 other russian countries of science from the capital. although many fly overs were cancelled due to bad weather conditions that did not detract from the magnificence of the occasion. he has images from the spectacular victory day parades in different fashion cities. ah, ah. during his victory parade speech, vladimir putin praise the immense sacrifice made by the soviet people some 27000000 lost their lives. and he also drew parallels between the current conflict and ukraine, and the fight against the 3rd wife. well name your muscle, there was everything pointed to the patio, the clash against neo nazi follows the u. s. and there satellites,

but to stay calm with something that had to happen. yoga where you locked on, it was becoming more and more dangerous. with every passing den in russia prevented this hostility. sure, we had to do this and it was timely. and it was the only right thing to do. it was the decision of a strong sovereign, an independent country where you are fighting for your homeland and its future to ensure that no one forgets the lessons of the 2nd world war. so that there is no place in the world for execution as punishes, and nazis here, given the given the how closely how closely vladimir putin put together these 2 events, i mean, the 2nd world war and what's going on in ukraine right now. and of course, he did say that those people, those russian soldiers were right now, well, are being injured are perhaps, will dying. there are they, there they're, what they're doing is very much akin to what they're great grandfathers and grandfathers were doing back in the 19 forty's. the timing is very important to us

because again, of the, of russia's military operation in ukraine. again, this military operation and ukraine is being waged under very similar banners as to what the soviet union was doing when it was fighting nazi germany and its allies. margaret was mamma's as to whittaker, so like a woman, we know that in 1940, an early 1941, the soviet union went to great lengths to prevent war or at least delay its outbreak. to this end, the ussr sought to avoid provoking the potential aggressor until the very end, by refraining or postponing the most urgent and obvious preparations, it had to make to defend itself from an eminence attack. when it finally acted, it was too late. as a result, the country was not prepared to counter the invasion by nazi germany, which attacked all motherland on june. the 22nd 1941 without declaring war, the country stopped, the enemy went on to defeat it. but this came a tremendous cost. the attempt to appease the aggressive head of the great

patriotic war, proved to be a mistake, which came it's a high cost for all people in the 1st month after the hostilities broke out will off bus territories and strategic importance, as well as millions of lives. we have no right to make the same mistake again. he spoke about how nathan was exploiting territories around russia and how it didn't listen to russia as well, concerns about security and safety, talking about ukraine. of course, it is especially important again in the current climate when everything that they did when a lot of what they did back in 19454443 basically throughout the whole, the entirety of the world war when it is being, it's not erased, but very much distorted from history like when, for example, the soviet, the red army is right now being basically when people draw parallels between the red army and the nazi germany between fashion. so, and this is,

this is something that russia has repeatedly said that it won't stand for it. and don't just stand idle and watch how history, how these, how basically, that is being is being rewritten and well, you raised from, from history. that was, it goes down of commentating defeating the northeast and they access allies was of course, a global effort. we discussed the role and sacrifice of india in the 2nd world war as well as current need. any must go ties with in matters warren, head of the peninsula foundation and a veteran of india's air force. the indian by the station in the 2nd world war has been huge and significant. india contributed huge number one is the largest one and military. why dissipated in the sick and the wine 4000000 people were complements, the huge every and the station of the so we posted where the instrument and

depending germany i'm rolling back to the operation by but we might be almost losses doing undertook being the local and be back then i'd like india strip is a partnership. not just a board. as the west, spain gets more liberal. lindsay, on the import, it goes far beyond that. people, the people context that's been built, all of them proper seems to be a relationship. india considered, although that space has not come under pressure, does not big pressure from the west. some countries in the winter, when it comes to that, one of the countries that sustain the heaviest casualties during the 2nd world war was china. the country lost more than 15000000 people during the war while fighting against imperialist japan and often age and the waste and russian city of if another became an international children's center, including the needy from china. some of them even went on to serve on the front

lines while others, even though they were still children, helped care for the wounded brought to the orphanage. ought he heard some of the moving stories? ah, yup. or restored? i just remembered that i was born in moscow, 936, and then when the great patriotic will began in 9041, we were sent to the red to the city of van over 300 kilometers from moscow, where the 1st international orphanage was built ah,

yep, when you got them, i remember when injured soldiers were brought from the front line as well as wounded civilians. the older guys acted as paramedics taken care of the engine. as for us, the little children we helped them washed band just kept the wounded. com. we sang songs to the injured soldiers and civilians. dongs wrote letters during the great patriotic bull, we were small, but despite a rage, we'll try to help the soviet people defeat the fascists. said we went through this war together and won this war to get with libya, vision, with the dog. i have the fondest memories from life and they orphanage even in such travel to difficult times. it was my golden childhood and i think we received

a very good spiritual education that the russian teacher is, but also education and it will finish in still to me. i love for my us from my profession. so i want to give my heartfelt thanks. not only to my choreography teachers, but to all the educators, all our teachers in soviet schools, because they told me how to be a good person. i should investigate. poland has been danced with wade paint during the ceremony, paying tribute to soviets. soldiers in war for the liquid was thrown from near the crowd, waving ukrainian flags, and it's not clear if any suspects were detained. so gay underneath was i should away from the scene by police officers for his own safety. ambassador said neither he nor other diplomats were injured. in the attack brushes, foreign ministry spokeswoman has condemned. what happened saying the countries embassy will issue a protest to poland. political analysts,

nickel of middle may cause each told us that the victory day should be about celebration, unity and commemoration. not for such incidence. this is a day for common ration, the drums of war beating again in europe 2 days. and we have a unique occasion to remember that your people have been able to unite to fight against terrorism, to fight against novice and faster than fight entirety. so this is a date respect this day that your people had to take together to commemorate this victory and tell me how to come back to see in the current situation. one situation today, instead of that active, it took advantage of the situation to doubt. diplomat with pain. let's not forget that. poland, like russia have signed a conventional diplomatic relations in the convention article 29. it is explicitly written that the receiving faith and this according to take all the necessary steps to protect you, to protect a diplomat, freedom person,

and dignity. this is what civilized countries do. and he has another incident, this time from the german capital where a so good flag was covered with black tape, a group of people in berlin, or to try to stop a quiet from singing during victory day celebrations. returning to his victory de address vladimir portion accuse western powers of fanning the flames of entry washing sentiment and allegedly trying to wipe out the soviet contribution to victory over the nazis. let's now examine the current attempted cancellation of russian history and culture. as the conflicts in ukraine goes on, western countries have been trying to twist certain parts of history, especially the role of the soviet union in fighting fascism and naziism. the desecration or demolition of soviet era monuments and cemeteries has been taken to a new level,

getting rid of soviet symbols as the responsibility of all local administrations. there are about 60 places on our list where such symbolism needs to be removed. moscow has repeatedly condemned walsall calling on it not to follow the lead of radical politicians. this is not the 1st time we have come across such a shameful phenomenon. the war against soviet monuments and poland. everything that is happening in poland now is happening in violation of bilateral borges andy norms of civilized communication. traditional tokens of awareness have not escaped detention either. the st. george's ribbon, a case symbol in russia and abroad and use for commemorating world war 2 east in front veterans has been banned in moldova. the president said the ribbons place is in the trash can of history of the western politicians are also not mincing their words. when it comes to comparisons between the conflict and ukraine and world war 2, every russian has learned about the siege of leningrad during world war 2. sadly, history has repeated itself,

but now it's the russian government cruelly starving ukrainian cities taking 2 completely different situations, including them together. one that involves starving a city into submission. the other that has attempts at humanitarian corridors and a deliveries. and the western media has been going even further in trying to draw historical parallels. the red army engaged in ramp headed trustees and massacre searing so capacious in poland, finn and, and other ethiopian countries and 90399041 scenes nowadays from butcher mary. you pull car, cough and other ukranian cities, shows that russian soldiers over the past 10 weeks have perpetrated atrocities against civilians in ukraine. some articles have given space for now. interpretations of victory day as russia's who on ukraine continues. the day will take on new meaning. it's very much about galvanizing support for russia, the present and showing off the strength of rushes, military forces. us diplomats have even accused the soviet union of being an ally

of the nazis by cherry, picking specific episodes out of a much bigger historical context. put in life sarcuse, his victims of the nazis. but it's important to remember that in 1939, that's a germany on the soviet union, son and non aggression pact, only after than that says launched a surprise attack on the ussr. in june 1941, the, the soviet union joined the antagonist struggle, but this makes not just a revision of the outcome of world war 2 and the bloody sacrifices of the soviet people. they've been cancelled. mrs. jim muslim, functional we hear that lately, the west, there are more and more warts that the documents signed by the soviet to tell terry regime which consolidate the results of the 2nd world war should no longer be carried out. the results of the 2nd world war, as well as the sacrifices made by our people on the altar of victory over nazis, our sacred law. but if i give them of medicines. meanwhile, the russian defense ministry has came that ukraine's president with assistance from

the u. s. ambition has launched an assault on the island of as many in north west and ukraine, which has been held by russia since the early days of the wall. the ministry says forces repelled the may step an attack by shooting down 8 ukrainian aircraft, which we're trying to reach the island. the junior was little bit over the past 2 days. the key of regime has made several desperate attempts to land air and sea troops on the island of the meaning, which is important for ensuring control of the northwestern part of the black sea furniture alone. as a result of the competent actions of the russian armed forces unit located on the island, the ukrainian provocation was forwarded the will of the enemy suffered heavy losses . that there was a little you can always send announcement from us president joe biden, lisa today in which he is expected to confirm. and linda nice acts which will facilitate an increase in military supplies to give. let's now across live by us

correspondent rachel blevins for more on this rachel, what's the latest that you're hearing there? while right now, we are still waiting on that official signature, but president biden is expected to sign off on the return of the land lease act for the 1st time since world war 2. and this time around, it's being named the ukraine democracy defense act. the program will allow the binding ministration to increase the number of weapons it's sending over to its allies without the typical government oversight and with the promise that they will submit payment at a later date. now, historically, eagle and leave act has been used to give supplies to u. s. allies who are specifically acting in defense of us national security. now that's notable because dividing ministration has repeatedly said that it is not attacking russia, and that is sending over those weapons to defend ukraine. not the united states

were not attacking russia were helping ukraine defend itself against russian aggression. that was legislation did path with overwhelming support from the u. s. congress. however, there were a few members who spoke out and warned of the new and unprecedented powers that the us will be giving to you. crane congress just authorized biden to transfer virtually any weapon of war, other than a nuclear weapon to ukraine. insane. here is the link to the bill and the statutory definition of defensive article, the bill references. i voted no. now this all comes as the binding administration has already signed off on more than $3700000000.00 and funding for ukraine is calling on congress for an additional $33000000000.00. 20000000000 of that will be given directly to the ukrainian military. now this legal aid is new and unprecedented, and it's also reason concerns about whether the u. s. will still have weapons to

defend itself here at home after it's done sending off supplies to ukraine. we just burned through 7 years worth of javelin, and that's not only important as we continue to try and help ukrainians when in ukraine. that's important. as we tried to simultaneously defend taiwan from aggression from the chinese communist party. they're going to need access to some of the same weapon systems, and we simply don't have the stockpiles at present in order to backfill what we've spent in ukraine. now all of this comes out reports have noted that it's estimated that the u. s. is already sent over a 3rd of a stockpile of javelin missiles to ukraine, with defense contractors like lockheed martin pledging to double their production this year as well. and lease act goes into effect. however, u. s. a visuals of already admitted that when they send those weapons over to ukraine, they don't quite know where they go. exactly,

raising even more concerns as the u. s. and it's only supplies into unknown hands. that's ortiz, rachel blevins, thanks so much for joining us from washington. thank you. well that brings us to the end of the program will be back at the top of the hour for, for we catch up this monday victory day, 2020 two's main developments. thanks for joining us. ah. the for the moving the business and you clean the 3 day notice shoes and you made it comes green when you really got to really is the function of the ceiling in for when you.