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| Reuters: Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy |
| 2024-05-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russia will not be invited to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy. Reuters reported this on May 30, citing diplomatic sources. “Russia will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings,” the statement said. The event will take place on June 6. The Normandy Landings or Operation Neptune was an amphibious assault carried out on June 6, 1944 in Normandy during World War II by the United States, Great Britain, Canada and their allies against the occupying forces of Germany. Soviet troops were not directly involved in the Normandy landings on June 6, but the USSR made it possible, paying the highest price during World War II. Earlier, the Politico newspaper wrote that France's decision to invite Russia to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the landing of Allied forces in Normandy was an unpleasant surprise for a number of Paris' partners. It was alleged that the organizers extended the invitation to Moscow, despite the fact that at the same time Russia launched an offensive in Ukraine. On April 16, France Presse announced that the Russian delegation was invited to the celebration, which will take place on June 6. It was noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin, given the circumstances, was not included in the list of participants. However, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the country did not receive any invitations through diplomatic channels. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov also denied the information from the French media, saying that no invitations came to the Kremlin. He noted that this could very well be an information hoax. In 2023, Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov noted that the Allied landing on the Normandy coast would have been impossible without the victories of the Red Army. The senator noted that this is the historical truth. He recalled that the historical truth is that two-thirds of Hitler's divisions were defeated by the Red Army on the eastern front, and not on the western. Related: Allied landings in Normandy 05/28/2024 Biden: US soldiers saved the world from fascism by landing on the beaches of Normandy Allied landings in Normandy 04/18/2024 Zakhaova: Russia did not receive an invitation to the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy Allied landings in Normandy 04/17/2024 Russia receives invitation to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Yeah, but will they be sending their men to the women's Olympic events in France? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-31 10:28 |
| #2 Cuz everyone remembers the Russian Landing? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-05-31 07:57 |
| #1 The process of revising history. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-05-31 07:55 |