Nazism during the WWII it began to see its fall during the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest in history, which was fought in the current Russian city of Volgograd. Between the Red Army and its enemy side, more than two million deaths were recorded in 1942 and 1943.
Today 80 years have passed since Soviet victory was declared about the Nazi troops, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin has not let go to try to justify the current invasion in Ukraine. “We are again threatened by German tanks,” Putin saidcomparing the military campaign in Ukraine with the war of 1939-1945.
The president refers to the delivery of German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which several NATO member countries have agreed to deliver to the Ukrainian army to confront Russia on its territory.
“Once again, Hitler’s successors want to confront Russia on Ukrainian soil, using ‘banderovtsis,'” added the president, referring to supporters of ultranationalist leader Stepan Bandera (1909-1959), who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has clung to the discourse of “denazifying” the country ruled by Volidmir Zelensky. “I have made the decision to carry out a special military operation. Its objective will be to defend the people who for eight years have suffered persecution and genocide by the kyiv regime. For this, we will aim at the demilitarization and denazification of UkrainePutin said in a televised speech last year, without supporting evidence.
Critics of the Russian president accuse him of glorifying the actions of the Soviet Union, largely represented by Joseph Stalin. Since the fall of the USSR, the Russian authorities have maintained an ambivalent position towards the former leader.
Celebrations for the Battle of Stalingrad come at a time of fierce fighting between Russian forces and Ukrainian soldiers in the former Soviet republic. A military parade was organized in Volgograd. Bouquets of flowers were laid on the Mamayev Kurgan, a strategic hill that was the subject of fierce fighting and has been a pilgrimage site for decades for those who wish to pay tribute to Soviet soldiers. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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