We'll bring more than just tanks: Putin vows victory on Stalingrad anniversary
We'll bring more than just tanks: Putin vows victory on Stalingrad anniversary
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In a fiery speech marking 80 years since Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Battle of Stalingrad, Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Russia is being threatened by German tanks “again” and warned that Moscow is ready to respond to aggression from the West.
Speaking at events marking the 80th anniversary of the decisive World War 2 battle, Putin said “It’s unbelievable but true. We are again being threatened by German Leopard tanks.”
The Russian president was referring to Germany’s decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
“Again and again we are forced to repel the aggression of the collective West,” Putin said.
“We aren’t sending tanks to their borders but we have something to respond with, and it won’t be just about using armored vehicles. Everyone should understand this,” he added.
Putin also said that he was ready to draw on Russia’s entire arsenal, which includes nuclear weapons.
Putin speaks at the commemoration for the 80th anniversary of the decisive Battle of Stalingrad…
“The ideology of Nazism…again creates direct threats to the security of our country…we are again threatened by German Leopard tanks.” pic.twitter.com/coOw1GfGpo
— The Convo Couch (@theconvocouch) February 2, 2023
‘Russia will defeat new Nazism in Ukraine’
He evoked the spirit of the Soviet army that defeated Nazi German forces at Stalingrad 80 years ago to declare that Russia would defeat Ukraine “in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism.”
“Unfortunately, we see that the ideology of Nazism in its modern form and manifestation again directly threatens the security of our country,” Putin told an audience of army officers and members of local patriotic and youth groups.
“Again and again, we have to repel the aggression of the collective West. It’s incredible … but it’s a fact: we are again being threatened with German Leopard tanks with crosses on them.”
Putin visited Mamaev Kurgan, Volgograd, formally known as Stalingrad. Here he lays flowers at the Eternal Flame and the grave of Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, taking part in the 80th anniversary and commemoration of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the eternal flame at Mamaev Kurgan in honor of Stalingrad defenders.
Russia is marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi troops in the Battle of Stalingrad. pic.twitter.com/kQ6deVR6A6
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Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle of World War Two, when the Soviet Red Army, at a cost of over 1 million casualties, broke the back of German invasion forces in 1942-43.
It also marked the first time the Nazi German field army surrendered.
“Those who draw European countries, including Germany, into a new war with Russia, and … expect to win a victory over Russia on the battlefield, apparently don’t understand that a modern war with Russia will be quite different for them,” Putin said.
“We don’t send our tanks to their borders but we have the means to respond, and it won’t end with the use of armoured vehicles, everyone must understand that.”
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