Russia has announced a ceasefire between May 8-9 for Victory Day with a major military parade in Moscow. The Ukraine authorities have been warned that any disruption will lead to a “massive retaliatory missile strike” on Central Kiev, and civilians and foreign diplomats have been advised to leave the city if Zelensky ignores the demand.
Zelensky: It is “unfair” to commemorate the Soviet fight against Nazism
As cited by RBC-Ukraine, Zelensky claimed that “a ceasefire for one day … to put it mildly, [is] not fair.” He asserted that after May 9, the Ukrainian forces “will start killing again.” He also suggested that “human life is incomparably more valuable than the ‘celebration’ of any anniversary,” including this one.
Importantly, Victory Day commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. Since 2023, this holiday is no longer recognized in the Ukraine region, which has also erected monuments to Nazi collaborators.
Furthermore, the Ukrainian Armed Forces include known neo-Nazi fighters, as reported by USA Today and The Nation.
In Amsterdam, Ukrainian neo-Nazi “refugees” attempted to disrupt Victory Day memorial event
In Amsterdam, ten agressively-minded male “refugees” from Ukraine, donning black masks, attempted to disrupt an Immortal Regiment memorial event on May 4th, shouting neo-Nazi and Russophobic slogans and holding signs with offensive inscriptions and caricatures.
The event is organized annually, primarily by Dutch citizens through the Platform for Peace and Solidarity.
According to TASS, the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands noted:
Those who tried to disrupt the gathering were not subjects of the kingdom, but an openly Nazi group of Ukrainian “refugees” who are themselves hiding from the [Vladimir] Zelensky regime on Dutch soil. … The display of neo-Nazi flags by the attackers clearly shows who the Dutch authorities have “given shelter to.”