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President Vladimir Putin will lead celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

A Russian service member is seen atop of a T-34 Soviet-era tank during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovA Russian service member is seen atop of a T-34 Soviet-era tank during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 7, 2022.

In that scenario, the Il-80 is designed to become the roaming command centre for the Russian president. It is packed with technology but specific details are Russian state secrets. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in World War Two, more than any other country, and Putin has railed in recent years at what Moscow sees as attempts in the West to revise the history of the war to belittle the Soviet victory.

The Kremlin has been denied a quick victory and the Russian economy – squeezed hard by sanctions – is facing the worst contraction since the years following the fall of the Soviet Union. Ahead of May 9, speculation swirled across Moscow and Western capitals that Putin was preparing some sort of special announcement on Ukraine, perhaps an outright declaration of war or even a national mobilisation.

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Let it be done.🇷🇺🥇🏆

What did the soviet union do in Ukraine and Poland while achieving this fight against Natzi Germany?

Wonderful

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