JUST IN: Putin tries to justify Ukraine invasion in Victory Day speech
that parades would take place in 28 cities, involving 65,000 people, 2,400 items of military hardware and over 400 aircraft.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted in a Sunday night address denouncing Russian shelling the words "peace" and "never again" were typically associated withon May 8 and Russia's May 9 Victory Day, "which are repeated all over the free world every year on the days of remembrance of the victims of World War II.
"Russia has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War II," Zelensky added, according toMonday that the invasion of Ukraine "has revealed shortcomings" in the Russian military's ability to conduct precision strikes at scale, despite publicly promoting its "ability to conduct surgical strikes and limit collateral damage" at the start of the war.
Instead, Russian forces have "subjected Ukraine’s towns and cities to intense and indiscriminate bombardments with little or no regard for civilian casualties," the defense ministry said. As the conflict "continues beyond Russian pre-war expectations, Russia's stockpile of precision-guided munitions has likely been heavily depleted," according to the report.
"This has forced the use of readily available but ageing munitions that are less reliable, less accurate and more easily intercepted. Russia will likely struggle to replace the precision weaponry it has already expended."Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
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