"The United States, especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, began talking about its exclusivity, abasing not only the whole world but also its satellites, which have to pretend that they don't see anything and obediently swallow it up. A Presidential Decree on this was signed today." ON RUSSIA AND THE WEST We will give special support to the children of dead and wounded comrades. The state, regions, companies and public organisations will do everything to care for and help these families. "The death of each one of our soldiers and officers is our shared grief and an irreparable loss for their friends and relatives. So that there is no place in the world for executioners, punishers and Nazis." ON MILITARY LOSSES You are fighting for the Motherland, for its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of the Second World War. "I am now addressing our Armed Forces and the Donbas volunteers. "Today, the volunteers of the Donbas, together with the soldiers of the Russian Army, are fighting on their own lands. The decision of a sovereign, strong, independent country." Russia preventively rebuffed the aggressor. (The level of) danger was increasing every day. "We saw military infrastructure being ramped up, hundreds of military advisers working and regular deliveries of modern weapons from NATO. "Everything indicated that a clash with the neo-Nazis, the Banderites, backed by the United States and their junior partners, was inevitable." ON DECISION TO LAUNCH 'SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION' As such, an absolutely unacceptable threat to us was systematically created, and moreover directly on our borders. "In Kyiv, they announced the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons, the NATO bloc began actively taking military control of territories adjacent to ours. Openly, preparations were under way for another punitive operation in Donbas, the invasion of our historical lands, including Crimea. "NATO countries did not want to listen to us, meaning that they in fact had entirely different plans, and we saw this. Russia called on the West to enter an honest dialogue, in search of reasonable compromise solutions, to take each other’s interests into account. ![]() "In December last year, we proposed the conclusion of an agreement on security guarantees. "Despite disagreements in international relations, Russia has always advocated the creation of a system of equal and indivisible security, a system that is vital for the entire international community. May 9 (Reuters) - Following are quotes from a televised speech on Monday by President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, translated from Russian to English by Reuters:
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