Putin to mark Soviet Union’s WW2 victory as war in Ukraine grinds on

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will lead anniversary celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany on Monday as Russian forces fight Ukrainians in one of the deadliest European conflicts since the end of World War Two 77 years ago. Putin, Russia’s paramount leader since 1999, has in recent years used Victory Day to needle the West from a tribune in Red Square before a parade of troops, tanks, rockets and intercontinental ballistic missiles. A fly-past over the nine domes of St Basil’s Cathedral will include supersonic fighters, strategic bombers…

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