🎙 Address by President of Russia – Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the military parade marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

📍 Moscow, May 9, 2026

💬 Vladimir Putin: I congratulate you on Victory Day – our sacred, radiant and most important holiday!

We sacredly honour the legacy and behests of the soldiers of Victory. Care for the Fatherland unites our entire country and all the people of Russia, while preserving the memory of the Great Patriotic War, its true history and real heroes is a matter of honour for us.

We will always remember the feat of the Soviet people – the fact that it was they who made the decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazism, saved their country, saved the world, put an end to total and merciless evil, and restored sovereignty to those states that had capitulated to Hitler’s Germany and become obedient accomplices in its crimes.

June 22, 1941 is one of the most tragic and sorrowful dates in our history. This year marks 85 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

The Nazis treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. They planned to seize the country and its vast resources, completely destroy its culture and our historical heritage, and ultimately exterminate, enslave and commit genocide against the entire multi-ethnic Soviet people – precisely all peoples, nations and ethnic groups of the Soviet Union.

To carry out these criminal objectives, forces were gathered from across Europe. Nazi strategists seemed to have meticulously accounted for everything – except one thing: what is known as Russian character and the strength of spirit of the Soviet people.

🕯 We bow our heads before those who fell in battle. Before those who were tortured under occupation and in captivity, who died of starvation in besieged Leningrad, in other encircled cities and settlements. Before all those who gave their lives for the Motherland, for Russia. We bow our heads to the memory of sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends.

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The great feat of the victorious generation inspires the warriors who are today carrying out the goals of the special military operation. They are confronting an aggressive force that is being armed and supported by the entire NATO.

☝️ And despite this, our heroes are advancing.

Alongside Russian warriors stand workers and designers, engineers, scientists and inventors. They are carrying on the traditions of their predecessors, relying on modern combat experience to create advanced and unique weapons systems and launch their mass production.

I am strongly convinced that our cause is just! We are together! Victory has always been and will always be ours!

Glory to the victorious people! Glory to our veterans! Glory to the Armed Forces of Russia!

Happy Victory Day! Hurrah!

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🔥О возложении венка и цветов на кладбище «Биспебьерг» в Копенгагене

По случаю 81-летия Победы в Великой Отечественной войне на кладбище «Биспебьерг» в Копенгагене состоялась памятная церемония. Советник-посланник И.С.Федосеев, сотрудники Посольства и Торгпредства России, соотечественники, а также представители датской общественности, включая Объединенное Датское Боевое Братство, возложили венок и цветы к памятнику «Русский монумент», символизирующему братскую могилу советских военнослужащих и гражданских лиц, погибших в годы Второй мировой войны в Дании.

🕯Собравшиеся почтили память героя Великой Отечественной войны Семена Давидовича Штипельмана (1922-2021 гг.). Участник обороны Ленинграда, Кавказа. За личную храбрость и мужество в боях с немецкими захватчиками награжден двумя Орденами Отечественной войны I и II степени, Орденом «Красной Звезды», многочисленными медалями. Автор воспоминаний «На защите Родины» (изд. Копенгаген, 2010 г).

🔥Были возложены цветы также к отдельным захоронениям 15 советских военнопленных и граждан, угнанных немцами на принудительные работы. Среди них также бывшие узники немецкого концлагеря Штутгоф. В 1950-е годы Советское правительство установило на их могилах надгробия с барельефом звезды.

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❤️‍🔥 Krans- og blomsternedlæggelsesceremoni på Bispebjerg Kirkegård i København

I anledning af 81-årsdagen for sejren i Den Store Fædrelandskrig blev der afholdt en mindehøjtidelighed på Bispebjerg Kirkegård i København. Minister-councellor Ivan Fedoseev, medarbejdere fra den russiske ambassade og handelsrepræsentation, landsmænd samt repræsentanter for det danske samfund, herunder Det Forenede Danske Krigsbrøderskab, lagde en krans og blomster ved monumentet »Det Russiske Monument«, der symboliserer den fælles grav for sovjetiske soldater og civile, der omkom under Anden Verdenskrig i Danmark.

De hædrede mindet om Anden Verdenskrigshelten Semyon Davidovich Shtipelman (1922-2021). Han deltog i forsvaret af Leningrad og Kaukasus. For sin personlige tapperhed og sit mod i kampe mod de tyske angribere blev han tildelt to Fædrelandskrigsordener, 1. og 2. klasse, Røde Stjerne-ordenen og adskillige medaljer. Forfatter til bogen "Til forsvar for moderlandet" (København, 2010).

Der blev også lagt blomster ved de enkelte grave for 15 sovjetiske krigsfanger og borgere, der blev deporteret af tyskerne til tvangsarbejde. Blandt dem var tidligere fanger fra den tyske koncentrationslejr Stutthof. I 1950'erne installerede den sovjetiske regering gravsten med en stjerne på deres grave.