Shortly before Scholz's speech on the anniversary of the end of the world war: Selenskyj accuses Putin of "a new version of Nazism".

Created: 05/08/2022, 14:01

By: Franziska Schwarz

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) © Christian Spicker / Imago

The Second World War ended 77 years ago.

The commemoration of its victims on May 8th is marked by the Ukraine war.

The atmosphere ahead of the celebrations is tense.

Berlin – In many countries, the end of the Second World War is remembered on May 8th.

The celebrations are overshadowed by the escalated Ukraine conflict.

Not only Kyiv fears special plans by Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin on this day of remembrance.

The CIA secret service also judges the situation.

Putin tries to misuse the memory for his expansion goals.

Germany under Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is now faced with the task of redeeming the much-vaunted obligation of "Never again!" to the Ukrainians fighting for life and freedom without diminishing the liberating role of today's aggressor Russia on this important day of remembrance.

Scholz wants to give a television speech about this.

Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) is currently in Kyiv for the commemorative events.

She may also speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Scholz speech 77 years after the Second World War - Selenskyj sends video message

Zelenskyi, meanwhile, has drawn parallels between the German invasion of World War II and the current Russian invasion.

"In Ukraine, they organized a bloody rerun of Nazism," he said in a black-and-white video this Sunday (May 8).

It was taken in front of the rubble of an apartment building in the Kiev suburb of Borodyanka.

“A fanatical imitation of the regime, its ideas, actions, words and symbols.

A maddeningly detailed rendition of his bestialities and alibis that supposedly give this villain a sacred purpose," Zelenskyy continued.

Scholz with a TV speech on the anniversary of the end of the world war - Putin is planning a military parade in Moscow

Before Bas, the CDU chairman Friedrich Merz was in Kyiv on May 3rd.

A trip by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is also planned for the coming days.

Relations between Berlin and Kyiv had been extremely tense in the past few weeks because Ukraine had invited President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

In Berlin, this was seen as an affront.

According to the Office of the Federal President, the irritation was cleared up during a phone call between Steinmeier and Selenskyj on May 5.

Putin plans to speak at the traditional grand military parade in Moscow on Monday (May 9), Russia's "Day of Victory" over Nazi Germany.

He is expected to set the direction for the war against Ukraine.