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Following are quotes from a televised speech on Monday by President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, translated from Russian to English by Reuters:

Impeccably straight columns of soldiers will march through Red Square on Monday as they do every year on Victory Day

The thermonuclear RS-24 Yars ballistic missile was rolled past rows of armed guards in Red Square in a rehearsal for Russia's Victory Day parade, scheduled to go ahead on Monday

President Vladimir Putin will lead celebrations on May 9 marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia's vast firepower while his forces fight in Ukraine.

There have been a number of reports that at the upcoming 'Victory Day' parades on May 9 Russian President Vladimir Putin will use it as an opportunity to call for all-out war against Ukraine

Rhetoric of 1945 victory over Nazis has become more twisted over two decades of Putin’s rule

Zenger News obtained the footage from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on Thursday, 5th May.

The invasion of Ukraine means that fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The patriotic fervor associated with the sacred holiday, however, could be as strong as ever. This…

The invasion of Ukraine means fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory in World War II