News themezone between US Outlets allowed Russia for the Victory Day Parade while Trump defelses relations with Moscow

News themezone between US Outlets allowed Russia for the Victory Day Parade while Trump defelses relations with Moscow

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News themezone between US Outlets allowed Russia for the Victory Day Parade while Trump defelses relations with Moscow

Elizabeth Palmer

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Elizabeth Palmer is the senior foreign correspondent of News themezone. It has its headquarters in the News themezone London office and reports on important events in Europe and the Middle East. Palmer was based in Tokyo, and before that in Moscow, for News themezone.

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Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day

Putin receives the XI from China while Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day 02:12

Moscow – The preparations were underway on Thursday in Moscow for the annual “Victory Day” parade. The great celebrations mark the role of the former Soviet Union in the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, 80 years ago this year.

Dozens of world leaders invited by President Vladimir Putin have met in Moscow for events, and the fact that our News themezone team was allowed to witness everything shows how much things have changed in just 100 days. United States relations with Russia Under President Trump They have defrievedAnd the US media have been invited to see the great show of the commemorations of Victory Day.

On Thursday he brought a general essay for the main event, a luxurious military parade that will take place on May 9, the day Russia celebrates its historical victory over the Nazis. Due to the hourly difference between Russia and the nations of Western Europe where German surrender, the United States and its European allies mark the victory in Europe on May 8 of every year, the day when Adolf Hitler’s forces capitulated the allies in 1945, ending World War II in the continent.

Putin’s honor guest this year, the president of China, Xi Jinping, was already in the city on Thursday. He is the most powerful of several world leaders who have come to demonstrate that, despite international sanctions and the general condemnation of the so -called “Special Military Operation” of Putin in Ukraine, the Russian leader has friends.

Russia-China-Diplomacy
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the president of China, Xi Jinping, arrive at the conversations at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 8, 2025. Pavel Bednyakov/pool/News/Getty

According to China’s state media, the two leaders took advantage of XI’s visit to sign more than 20 “bilateral cooperation documents”, which cover issues that include “global strategic stability, maintaining the authority of international law” and biosafety. The two countries have emphasized their deep ties for several years, and the Kremlin declared in 2022 that Russia and China would strive to create a New “Democratic World Order.

While the issue of the party in Moscow this week is an 80 -year victory, the fight is still enraged in Ukraine, claiming Russian life and any victory in the contemporary conflict looks far away.

The Ukrainians are also dying, both soldiers and, this week, more civil than Ukrainian officials say they were killed in an attack of Russian and missile unmanned planes.

News themezone asked a group of Russian cheerleaders who prepared for events in Moscow what they expected at this stage in the Ukraine conflict and, in particular, about President Trump’s diplomatic impulse for a high fire, something that his own president has decreased so far.

“I think it is very important to stop war,” Mikael said.

“I agree that it is important for everyone, for all, for our children, young people,” Elena said.

Moscow on the eve of the Victory Day
The Russian law agents patular the Red Square, which closed before the celebrations for Victory Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in the center of Moscow, on May 8, 2025. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

One thing is want Paz, however, and another very different to achieve it.

President Putin declared More than a week ago, Russia would observe a high three -day fire in Ukraine to Mark Victory Day, starting Thursday. But even If Russian attacks stop During the weekend, people on both sides of the border know that fighting will begin again on Monday.

Leigh Kiniry contributed to this report.

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  • War
  • Second World War
  • Xi Jinping
  • Ukraine
  • Russia
  • Porcelain
  • Vladimir Putin
  • European Union
  • NATO
  • Moscow

Elizabeth Palmer

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Elizabeth Palmer is the senior foreign correspondent of News themezone. It has its headquarters in the News themezone London office and reports on important events in Europe and the Middle East. Palmer was based in Tokyo, and before that in Moscow, for News themezone.

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