Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin accuses ‘arrogant’ west of risking global conflict and says Moscow’sforces are at ‘combat readiness’

Vladimir Putin marks second world war Victory Day as relations with west spiral towards crisis

Russia president Vladimir Putin has accused the West of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

As Russian troops advance against Ukraine’s Western-backed forces, Putin accused “arrogant” Western elites of forgetting the decisive role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany, and of stoking conflicts across the world, Reuters reported.

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