The presence of any foreign troops at the parade in Moscow is unacceptable, – Foreign Ministry spokesman
7 May 20:41
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the information about the participation of military personnel from 13 countries in the May 9 parade in Moscow.
This was stated by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Georgiy Tykhyi, Apostrophe reports , "Komersant Ukrainian".
“In our opinion, the presence of any foreign troops at the parade in Moscow is unacceptable. It has nothing to do with commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazism, but has to do with complicity in Russian war crimes. This is how it looks from our point of view. So whoever is there… And North Korea is known to be directly involved in the war. They have recognized this. It’s significant that at first they denied that they were there, then they admitted it. Look, we are dealing with liars. And even if you have now heard them say that there will be no troops, we do not know whether they will be there or not. Because these are pathological liars,” he said.
Tikhiy also emphasized that the department’s position “is very firm: we will celebrate (the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II) together with the rest of Europe on May 8, as it should be.”
Who will not come to Putin’s parade?
More than a third of Russia’s allies have refused to come to Moscow for the parade under various pretexts. It will be held on May 9.
Thus, despite the invitation, some countries refused to attend at all, while others limited their visits to low-level delegations.
For example, the leaders of Pakistan and India will be absent because of the military conflict between these countries.
Pakistan completely ignored the parade, and India canceled the already announced visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will send a delegation from the Defense Ministry to Moscow. Modi also canceled his trip to Europe today.
Half of the leaders of the BRICS countries will not attend the parade either. South Africa will send its defense minister, while Iran will limit itself to an ambassador.
Indonesia, which joined the BRICS this year, will also send only its defense minister to the parade. The head of the UAE, which joined the BRICS in 2024, also did not announce his desire to come to Moscow.
And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will not attend the parade. His administration said that such a visit is “not being discussed.” Only Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico will arrive from the EU.
