China's President Xi Jinping visited Russia and pledged a 'no limits' alliance, providing support to Russia's military industry despite Western pressure.
President Vladimir Putin renewed nuclear threats and kept strategic forces on high alert during Moscow Victory Day Parade.
Putin warned the West against threatening Russia, casting ongoing situation in Ukraine as part of larger struggle with Western-backed forces.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced military exercises with troops near Ukraine to practice for possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons.
In a display of military might and renewed nuclear threats, President Vladimir Putin addressed the annual Moscow Victory Day Parade, marking the victory in World War II. Amidst ongoing invasion efforts in Ukraine and sworn in for his fifth term as president this week, Putin declared that Russia's strategic forces would remain on high combat alert. He warned the West against threatening Russia, casting the situation in Ukraine as part of a larger struggle with the Western-backed forces encroaching on Russia's sphere of influence. The parade featured military displays but only one tank on display, reflecting the difficult period Russia is currently experiencing.
In response to comments from Western leaders about potential deeper involvement in Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry announced military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons. This provocative warning aims to discourage any further Western support for Ukraine. The announcement coincides with a visit by President Xi Jinping of China, who has pledged a 'no limits' alliance with Russia and provided support to Russia's military industry despite pressure from the West to refrain from aiding Russia's war effort.
Putin's renewed nuclear threats and military exercises highlight the escalating tensions between Russia and the West, particularly in light of ongoing invasion efforts in Ukraine. The situation remains highly volatile as both sides continue to assert their positions and power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of risking a global conflict and warned that Russia will prevent it.
Putin marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on Red Square.
Putin casts the war in Ukraine as part of a struggle with the West, which he accuses of forgetting Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany and encroaching on Russia’s sphere of influence.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West during the Moscow Victory Day Parade against threatening Russia
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Putin's speech contains several instances of appeals to past victories and the importance of Russia's role in history, which can be considered an appeal to tradition fallacy. He also makes a dichotomous depiction by portraying the West as arrogant elites who have forgotten the lessons of World War II and are stoking conflicts around the world. Additionally, Putin accuses Western leaders of threatening Russia and casts the ongoing conflict in Ukraine as part of a larger struggle between Russia and the West. These statements can be considered inflammatory rhetoric.
We know what the exorbitance of such ambitions leads to. Russia will do everything to prevent a global clash,
But at the same time, we will not allow anyone to threaten us. Our strategic forces are always in a state of combat readiness.
In the West, they would like to forget the lessons of the Second World War.
He mentioned the Chinese people’s fight against Japanese militarism. But we remember that the fate of mankind was decided in the grand battles near Moscow and Leningrad, Rzhev, Stalingrad, Kursk and Kharkiv, near Minsk, Smolensk and Kyiv, in heavy, bloody battles from Murmansk to the Caucasus and Crimea.
Putin has repeatedly warned of the risk of a much broader war involving the world’s biggest nuclear powers.
Russia had only one tank on display during its Victory Day parade in 2023.
Vladimir Putin addressed the parade and spoke about Russia’s military capabilities and readiness.
Russia is currently going through a ‘difficult period’.
The Second World War T34 tank was the only one present in the parade, as it was last year as well.
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The article makes selective reporting by only mentioning the absence of tanks in recent Victory Day parades and not providing context about the reasons for this. It also uses sensationalism by implying that Russia is going through a 'difficult period' without providing any evidence or context.
Vladimir Putin used his Victory Day speech this year to try and warn Russia’s combat forces were ‘always ready’, but admitted the country was going through a ‘difficult period’.
Every year, Moscow wraps itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Today marks the 79th anniversary and Mr Putin addressed the parade in the Red Square, talking up his country’s military capabilities in a speech aimed as much at a foreign audience as a domestic one.
He finished on: ‘For Russia! For victory! Hurrah!’ as thousands of soldiers cheered in return.
The leader of the Kremlin also said Russia’s nuclear forces were always at combat readiness, as he addressed massed ranks of Russian servicemen.
Russia will hold military exercises with troops near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons.
President Vladimir V. Putin ordered an exercise for missile, aviation and naval personnel to ‘increase the readiness of nonstrategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions’.
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The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has deepened with Western countries providing aid to Ukraine, threatening to strike Russia, and refusing to rule out sending troops.
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The article is deceptive in its framing of Russia's announcement as an irresponsible escalation without providing sufficient context. It fails to mention that the Russian Defense Ministry stated President Putin ordered the exercise in response to comments by two European leaders that raised the prospect of more direct Western intervention in Ukraine. The article also implies that tactical nuclear weapons are a new addition to Russia's arsenal, when in fact, they have been part of their military strategy for years.
Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in Ukraine.
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The author does not make any direct fallacious statements. However, there are some issues with the framing of the article that could be considered problematic. The use of the phrase 'Russia to Hold Drills on Tactical Nuclear Weapons in New Tensions With West' is a dichotomous depiction, implying a simplistic cause and effect relationship between Russia's announcement and tensions with the West. Additionally, there is an appeal to authority when citing NATO's response as 'irresponsible.'
. Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in Ukraine.
. . .NATO called Russia’s announcement “Irresponsible.”
Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine.
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The author uses language that depicts the Western leaders' comments as provocative and irresponsible, implying a bias against the West. The author also quotes Russian officials characterizing their actions as a response to Western comments.
Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in Ukraine.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that President Vladimir V. Putin had ordered an exercise for missile, aviation and naval personnel to 'Increase the readiness of nonstrategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions.'
The announcement of the exercise was Russia’s most explicit warning in its more than two-year invasion of Ukraine that it could use tactical nuclear weapons there. The Kremlin said it came in response to comments by two European leaders that raised the prospect of more direct Western intervention in the war.
