{"id":4763,"date":"2026-05-09T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:37:00","slug":"putins-message-from-red-square-russia-is-fighting-nato-backed-forces-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=4763","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s message from Red Square: Russia is fighting NATO-backed forces (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"763\"> <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"581\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong> sent a new message about the war in <strong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"633\">Ukraine<\/strong> during the big military parade in <strong data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"710\">Red Square<\/strong>, as part of the celebrations for <b>Victory Day.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2356\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In Moscow, the May 9 celebrations continue to be one of the country&#8217;s most important political and military events, with the Russian president using the day each year to send messages both domestically and to the international community. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"997\"> Speaking in front of Russia&#8217;s political and military leadership, as well as thousands of attendees, Putin sought to link today&#8217;s conflict to the Soviet Union&#8217;s historic struggle against Nazi Germany. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1215\"> He said: &#8220;The great achievement of the victorious generation (against Adolf Hitler) is today an inspiration for the soldiers conducting the special military operation (in Ukraine).&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1397\">The Russian president then turned his arrows to the West, especially <strong data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1308\">NATO<\/strong>, saying Russian forces are facing organized military support. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1550\">&#8220;They are facing an aggressive force that is armed and supported by the whole of NATO,&#8221; Putin said from the podium at the ceremony. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1552\" data-end=\"1904\">The parade in <strong data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1587\">Red Square<\/strong> took place under increased security measures, and the focus was on Moscow&#8217;s military messages to the West. This year&#8217;s event was particularly symbolic, as the Russian leadership consistently attempts to portray the war in <strong data-start=\"1827\" data-end=\"1839\">Ukraine<\/strong> as a continuation of a broader struggle against external threats. <\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a new message on the war in Ukraine during a major military parade in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}