What would it mean if Putin formally declared war on Ukraine on May 9?

The May 9 It is a very important day for the Russians, since the soviet victory against nazis In the Second World War. For this reason, the US intelligence services speculate on the possibility that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, “formally declare war on Ukraine” this day, since what has happened so far is not a war for Moscow, but an “operation special”.

But what would it mean if Russia formally declared war on Ukraine on May 9? Jesús Manuel Pérez Triana, security and defense analyst, explained in laSexta Noche that “Putin would do it because this would allow him to have the mobilization of reserves“, after which he indicated that the reservists are “citizens who have a profession in the civilian world, but who are called upthey recover their military rank, and fit into a series of units”.

In this sense, Pérez Triana affirmed that “to call up the reservists would be to recognize that all what has been done so far to win the war is insufficient“, while pointing out that “possibly those of the first reserve level, who are up to 35 years old, would be called up, although they are old second-line material”. In this video, you can see Pérez Triana’s full explanation about what would happen if Putin formally declared war on Ukraine.

Jesús Núñez, director of the Institute for Conflict Studies, also delved into this issue in Al Rojo Vivo, where he highlighted that “no government of any country of the International Community can declare war ever since the UN existed”. “It is a body created precisely to prevent war from future generations, and it has the capabilities, in principle, even if they are theoretical, to decide that the use of force is legitimized by a decision of the Council of Security, in case of defense or in case something threatens peace”, he explains in this video.

However, the information that Putin may formally declare war on Ukraine contrasts with what was revealed by Pope Francis in an interview with the Italian newspaper ‘Il Corriere della Sera’, in which the pontiff assured that the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán told him on April 21 during their meeting in the Vatican that “the Russians have a plan, which it will all end on may 9“. Faced with this statement, Francis added that “he hopes it is so so that the speed of the escalation of these days can also be understood.” “Because now it is not just Donbas, it is Crimea, it is Odessa,” the pope emphasized, ensuring that, although he is “pessimistic” about the end of the war, “every possible gesture should be made to stop the war.”

Professor Pedro Rodríguez’s three hypotheses about what can happen

Pedro Rodríguez, journalist and professor at the University of Comillas, predicted on laSexta Noche that May 9 “is going to be an abysmal contrast.” “It is Victory Day in Moscow, the day Putin takes the opportunity to show his strategic vision of Russia, the idea that geopolitical reality can be changed with military force, and it is also Europe’s day,” he said. the.

In addition to this contrast, according to the professor, “there are three possibilities that day”: “One is that the combats continue and there is no formal statement; the second is that Putin formally declare victory and be content with what you have; and the third possibility is that bet on a climbthat joins what the televisions in Moscow are saying that we are in the Third World War and formally declares war, which would mean handing over everything”. In this video, the professor’s analysis.

Zelensky warns of the resurgence of the “monster” of Nazism

Ukraine, for its part, celebrated this Sunday, May 8, the Day of Memory and Reconciliation, heir to Victory Day, and its president, Volodimir Zelensky, has warned that the Russian invasion is a resurgence of the “monster” of Nazism. Zelensky has recalled the “never again” that is enunciated on each anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, also by the Ukrainians who fought in that war, and has reproached that since February 24, the date of the beginning of the Russian invasion, this sentence has remained on wet paper.

“You say never again. Tell him Ukraine. On February 24, the word ‘never’ was deleted. bullets and bombs. Hundreds of rockets at 4:00 a.m. that woke up the whole of Ukraine. We hear the terrible explosions. We hear ‘again’,” Zelensky said in a recorded speech outside the Borodianka towers in the kyiv region, nine-story civilian buildings bombed by Russian forces.

“Our cities survived the terrible occupation and it took us almost 80 years to forget it, but we have seen an occupation again. It is the second occupation in our history and in cases like Mariúpol, the third. The Nazis killed 10,000 civilians in the two years of occupation. Russia has killed 20,000 in two months of occupation”, he denounced, while declaring: “Evil has returned again (…). In a different way, with different slogans, but with the same objective”. “They repeat their crimes and even try to surpass the teacher and displace him from the pedestal of the greatest evil in human history, establish a new world record for xenophobia, hatred, racism and number of victims,” ​​he warned.

Likewise, Zelenski has highlighted the fight against the nazis of the ukrainians -then framed in the Soviet Union- and has indicated that his feat shows that “no evil escapes responsibility”. “They will not be able to hide in a bunker. Not a stone will be left unturned,” he stressed. “And there will be peace again. We will overcome the winter that began on February 24will eventually end and melt under the Ukrainian sun,” he said, promising that the Ukrainian flag would once again fly in the Russian-occupied territories.

Putin congratulates Ukraine on the anniversary of the victory against Nazism

For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the Ukrainian people on the anniversary of the victory against Nazi Germany which is celebrated in the countries of the former Soviet Union, including Russia and Ukraine.

“The Russian leader has highlighted in his congratulatory telegrams to the heads of state of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics that today our soldiers, just as their ancestors did, fight shoulder to shoulder for the liberation of his homeland from Nazi filth, and has expressed his confidence that victory will be ours as it was in 1945,” the Russian Presidency said in a statement.

80 days from the start of the war

Ukraine already warned on Saturday that it feared an intensification of Russian bombing so that Putin could celebrate some victory on May 9, and only hours later, there was a air raid on a school in Belogorovkain the Ukrainian province of Luhansk, which left at least 62 deadaccording to the civil-military governor of the region, Serhii Haidai.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemned this attack, a “brutal war crime”. “Russia has perpetrated this brutal war crime shortly before Remembrance and Reconciliation Day and thus repeats again the tragedy of the Second World War. #StopRussianWar,” the Ministry posted on Twitter.

In the same region, Russian troops celebrated this Sunday the taking of Popásnaya after three weeks of fighting that have left their buildings practically in ruins. Medical centers are one of the targets of Russian bombs. Faced with this situation, the efforts of the Ukrainian Army are focused on evacuations, the most urgent being that of the Azovstal steelworks, where they have suffered 25 attacks in the last few hours. Inside, there are still wounded and medical teams waiting to get out.

While, in Mariupol, thousands of people are still waiting for safe corridors, and areas like Bakhmut in the Donetsk region have become ghost towns. In addition, the war also continues by sea. In this sense, the Ukrainian Army has claimed to have sunk an enemy ship. And, according to the Kremlin, they would have done the same in Odessa waters.

Now, all eyes are on this May 9, Victory Day for Russians, and Remembrance and Reconciliation Day for Ukrainians.