Putin Targets ‘Victory’ in Ukraine as Trump Pushes for Truce (1)

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would achieve its strategic objectives in Ukraine as he insisted the country was united behind his war.

“That strength of spirit has always brought us only victory,” Putin said Friday at the May 9 military parade on Moscow’s Red Square marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia “will always rely on our unity in military and peaceful affairs, in achieving strategic goals.”

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping watch the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, in a photo provided by Russian state media.

Photographer: Sergei Bobylev/Ria Novosti/AP Photo

Putin spoke after US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine to allow for talks on ...