Addressing massed ranks of service personnel on Red Square on the 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, Putin condemned what he called external threats to weaken and divide Russia and cited familiar claims that he had used to justify Russia’s invasion on February 24 - that NATO was making threats right next to its borders. He directly talked to soldiers fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which Russia has promised to “liberate” from Kyiv’s control. “You are fighting for the Motherland, for its future, so that no one forgets the lessons of World [War](/component/search/?searchword=War&searchphrase=all&areas[0]=k2&utm_source=search&utm_medium=site- Two. So that...