Thousands gathered by the beaches of Normandy to remember those who died fighting for freedom in World War II, ceremonies that had renewed meaning as speakers pointed to parallels with Ukraine’s war against Russia
Seventy-nine years ago, D-Day kicked off the liberation of Europe, spearheaded by Allied sea and airborne landings in Normandy, France. The first step toward victory – and peace – in Europe, it came at great cost to American and Allied soldiers, some 10,000 of whom would lie dead, be wounded or reported missing on French soil on that first, fateful day. The parallels with the war in Ukraine have appeared again and again in speeches and comments about the D-Day commemorations.
A painful reminder came on Tuesday as Ukraine’s Nova Khakhova dam was destroyed, threatening towns and villages with flooding, far from the front line of Russia’s illegal invasion. The destruction of the dam is putting “thousands of civilians at risk,” the country’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted Tuesday, calling it a “heinous crime.” As Ukraine gears up for an expected counteroffensive, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was clear on how to protect his compatriots.
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