Russia’s Foreign Ministry claimed on September 17 that the Soviet invasion of Poland during World War II was an act of liberation, reanimating a years-old debate over a secret Hitler-Stalin pact to carve up Eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
The Moscow Times: Russia claims Soviet army ‘liberated,’ not invaded, Poland during WWII
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes to soldiers as he is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2021.
