In a powerful speech delivered on Victory Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin honored the sacrifices of those who fought in World War II, paying tribute to the fallen heroes who defended Russia. On the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany, Putin emphasized the importance of remembering the lessons of the war and vowed to never allow the distortion of its history. His speech also sent a clear message to the West, highlighting Russia's unwavering stance in the face of external pressures.
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00:00Dear citizens of the Russian Federation, the veterans, the dear guests, comrades, soldiers and naval sailors, sergeants and ensigns, midshipmen, officers, generals and admirals,
00:22I congratulate you on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the great patriotic war.
00:33Today we're all united by feelings of joy and grief, pride and gratitude, bowing deep to the generation that crushed Nazism,
00:46paying the price of millions of lives for the freedom and peace for entire humankind.
00:56We faithfully preserve the memory of those historic triumphant events and as heirs to winners we celebrate the holiday of the 9th of May
01:09as the biggest for our country, for the whole nation, for every family, for every one of us.
01:17Our fathers, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers saved our motherland and call upon us to defend our homeland
01:30and be strong in defending our national interests, our thousand-year-long history, culture and traditional values.
01:39everything that we hold dear, everything that we hold sacred, we remember the lessons of World War II
01:48and we will never agree with disrupting its history, with attempts at justifying the perpetrators.
02:00Our duty is to defend the honor of soldiers and officers of the Red Army and their great feat done by representatives of different nationalities
02:15that will forever remain in the world history as Russian soldiers.
02:21Russia has been and will be a barrier in the way of Nazism, Russophobia, Antisemitism.
02:30Russia will continue to fight atrocities perpetrated by followers of those destructive ideas.
02:37Truth and justice are on our side.
02:41The entire country, the whole society, the whole nation support the participants of the special military operation.
02:50We are proud of their bravery, the strength of spirit that has always brought us nothing but victory.
02:59Dear friends,
03:01the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union took the brunt of the fierce blows of the enemy.
03:10Millions of people who had known only peaceful labor took up arms and stood strong on all the heights and all the borders,
03:20determining the outcome of the entire World War II.
03:24With their undisputed victories in the biggest battles under Moscow and Stalingrad at the bulge of Kursk.
03:36The courage of defendants of Belarus, who were the first to meet the enemy.
03:44Defendants of the Brest Fortress and Mogile of Odessa and Sevastopol, Mormonsk, Tula, Smolensk.
03:52The heroism of the people of besieged Leningrad.
03:58The courage of those who fought on battle lines in partisan units and in the underground.
04:04The courage of those who under enemy fire evacuated factories and worked in the rear.
04:14The plans of the Nazis to conquer the Soviet Union met the resilience of the country and the heroism of the people.
04:28All the republics bore the burden of the war.
04:33The contribution of the people of the Central Asia and Transcaucasian region.
04:39Sending echelons of everything the front lines might need.
04:43They housed hospitals where hundreds of thousands of evacuated people found shelter.
04:51And locals shared their bread, their roofs, their houses with them.
04:57We honor every veteran of World War II.
05:00We bow deeply to the memory of those who gave their lives for victory.
05:06To the memories of the sons and daughters, fathers, mothers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers,
05:15families and friends, we bow our heads to our fallen comrades who died in the battle for Russia.
05:33I announce a minute of silence.
05:47As a reminder, the
06:15Dear friends
06:45The fiery orbit of World War II drew almost 80% of the population of the planet, a complete defeat of the Nazi Germany, the militarist Japan and their satellites all across the world was achieved through joint efforts of the United Nations.
07:11We will forever remember that the opening of the Second Front in Europe after the decisive battles on the territory of the Soviet Union brought the victory closer.
07:22We highly appreciate the contribution made to the common victory by soldiers of the Allied armies, participants of the resistance, the courageous people of China, everybody who fought in the name of a peaceful future.
07:40Dear friends, we will forever look at our veterans and take example in their sincere love to motherland, their determination to defend their home, the values of humanity and justice.
07:59These traditions, this great legacy will be given the most important place in our heart and we will pass this on to future generations.
08:13We will forever rely on our unity in military and peaceful labor, in achieving strategic goals, in achieving goals in the name of Russia, its magnificence and well-being.
08:30Glory to the winning people.
08:34Congratulations on the great victory day.