(es) Vienna, May 9, 2022 UPDATED MIDNIGHT
“They made a desert,” the Roman historian Tacitus wrote of Rome’s warfare tactics, attributing the words to the British war leader Calgacus, “and called it peace.”
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- Deutsche Welle: analysis of Putin speech
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Putin hailed the day as a “triumph of our unified Soviet Union.” He told the assembled troops: “You are fighting for your motherland, for its future, so no one will forget the lessons of the Second World War.”
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