The aggressor country of russia invites foreign military personnel to participate in the May 9 parade in Moscow to whitewash its war crimes and justify aggression. This is announced in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
The MFA notes that the russian army has committed and continues to commit atrocities in Ukraine, the scale of which Europe has not seen since World War II.
"It is this army that will march on May 9 on Red Square in Moscow. These people are not the liberators of Europe, they are occupiers and war criminals. Marching side by side with them means sharing responsibility for the blood of murdered Ukrainian children, civilians and soldiers, and not celebrating the victory over Nazism. Russia invites foreign servicemen to participate in the May 9 parade in order to whitewash its war crimes and justify aggression," the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that the participation of foreign servicemen in this event is unacceptable and will be regarded by Ukraine as an insult to the memory of the victory over Nazism, the memory of millions of Ukrainian front-line soldiers who liberated Ukraine and all of Europe from Nazism eight decades ago.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on all foreign states to refrain from the participation of their military personnel in the parade in Moscow on May 9.
"This especially applies to countries that declare neutrality in relation to russian aggression against Ukraine or consistently take a neutral position in international relations. The participation of the military of such countries in a joint parade will directly violate such declared neutrality and will look like support for the aggressor state," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes.
The Ministry notes that on May 8, Ukraine, together with the rest of Europe and the world, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism. In World War II, the losses of the Ukrainian people amounted to eight million killed: 5 million civilians and 3 million military personnel. More than 6 million Ukrainians fought in the ranks of the Red Army, hundreds of thousands - as part of resistance movements and the armies of the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on all foreign states and international organizations to honor the victims of World War II and the collective victory over Nazism, which at the same time does not justify russian aggression and atrocities against Ukrainians.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the leader of the aggressor country, russia, vladimir putin, announced a new truce on the occasion of Victory Day from May 8 to 10.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha noted that if russia wants peace, it must cease fire immediately.
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