Putin at Military Parade Warns: 'We Will Not Let Anyone Threaten Us'

President Vladimir Putin warned the West against threatening Russia as he pursues his invasion of Ukraine and revived his nuclear saber-rattling at the annual military parade in Moscow marking the victory in World War II.

“We will not let anyone threaten us. Our strategic forces are always on combat alert,” Putin, 71, who was sworn in this week for his fifth term as president after a tightly orchestrated reelection in March, said Thursday at the parade.

This year’s display on Red Square featured 9,000 troops and weaponry including advanced air-defense systems and intercontinental nuclear-missile launchers, but only one tank, the World War II-era T-34. Onlookers were bundled in coats amid unseasonably cold temperatures, and patches of snow could be seen in places on the ground in the broadcast.

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[dworccm]

he will invade anyone he wants and play the victim

[ahmedeensaeed]

Russia bitterly learned that imperials is harder and harder to appease

[twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

"We wont let anyone threaten us, that's why we've invaded a country that's 4x smaller than us that basically had no military."

[tobyrose]

West. Against him. USA no.1 Weapons to Ukraine. ..

[harrym]

We know your nukes are always armed. You tell us every week.

[amateresu]

another nuclear threat; only heard nuclear threats from his mouth nowhere else

[shanefrance]

Does he realise how much he's in the wrong....

[brunetteordie]

How can he denounce "excessive ambition" when he embodies it?

[dankgb]

Such a weak and ineffective dictator!!!

[pete]

This from a man who is trying to rebuild the former USSR go figure Poland remember they invaded you to 😮😊

[EhooWehoo]

Professional victim..hes like Trump with his gaslight techniques. Anything he accuses someone else of is his original idea. Slava Ukraini🇺🇦🇺🇦

[E-nuff]

What a great dictator
But putin keep pride ..you still have the second best army ....in ukraine 😂😂

[drgonzo]

Your strategic forces are all in the south of Ukraine, hence the 1 tank victory parade. North Korea’s military jerkfest parade was far superior in every way to Russia’s! I can see why Russia is begging them for aid

[brad]

they might reject us but we are still winning

[smoothsilk]

Any person pressing a button to eliminate mankind must be mad, let’s hope Putin’s ego doesn’t get in the way of his humanity.

[wtmglyh]

The ONLY leader with a brain 🧠 and he uses it common sense and reason.

[annaval]

Must be hard to keep straight face behind him😂

[alumnia]

Meanwhile RuZZia has become a satellite state of China when saying Ukraine doesn’t exist 😂😂😂😂

[Eunron]

Russia should and could be our ally again.

[topwvcn]

Vote for Mr Trump he knows how to keep world peace