Two months into its vicious assault on Ukraine, Russia again finds itself at war. Marking the 77th anniversary of the triumph of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945, Russian president Vladimir Putin has spurred his immense army towards victory in Ukraine.
“Defending the Motherland when its fate is being decided has always been sacred,” he told the annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow’s Red Square, flanked by stone-faced veterans and military officials.
