The “sacred” date of May 9 is used by the russians to propagate the war in Ukraine - the occupiers are holding a “red carnation” action in Crimea.
People are offered to buy a badge with the image of this flower, and a significant part of the funds will be transferred to support the war against Ukraine.
Young people are illegally involved in fundraising.
Also, the occupation administrations have received instructions from the Putin authorities to hold a NATO exhibition “Chronicle of Cruelty” between May 1 and 9.
“Russcist propaganda does not stop there. From April 26 to May 9, an all-russian run “Za (For) Peace! Labor! May!” and “Za (For) Peace Without Nazism”. The organizers of the action emphasize that the event is held in support of human labor, russcist military, and Putin's actions, "the statement reads.
Denisova stressed that russians are once again violating the declarations of the UN General Assembly, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.
We are reminding, that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense does not rule out that russia will not get any significant success by the sacred date of May 9, it will make it up. At the same time, Ukrainian defenders do not rule out the possibility of intensifying russian provocations.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine also suggests that Putin may announce the annexation of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine on May 9.
British intelligence believes that resuming russia's efforts to capture Azovstal and ending the capture of Mariupol are linked to the upcoming May 9 celebrations and Putin's desire to achieve symbolic success in Ukraine.