Monday 9 May 2022 01:23 AM Putin's regime is 'mirroring the fascism and tyranny' of Nazi Germany, Ben ... trends now
Vladimir Putin's regime is 'mirroring' the actions of the Nazis and must share the same fate as them, Ben Wallace will say as the Russian leader stages a military parade to celebrate victory in World War II.
Defence Secretary Mr Wallace will use a major speech to say that Putin and his inner circle should share the same fate as the Nazis, who ended up defeated and facing the Nuremberg trials for their atrocities.
His speech, at the National Army Museum in London, will also directly criticise the behaviour of Russian commanders for war crimes and their incompetence in a campaign which has failed to secure the gains expected by Putin.
In Moscow, Putin will watch the Victory Day parade of military hardware, marking the defeat of the Nazis in 1945.
But according to extracts briefed to the Telegraph and Times, Mr Wallace will say: 'Through their invasion of Ukraine, Putin, his inner circle and generals are now mirroring the fascism and tyranny of 70 years ago, repeating the errors of last century's totalitarian regimes.'
He will add: 'Their fate must also, surely, eventually be the same.'
Ben Wallace on manoeuvres in Finland. Defence Secretary Mr Wallace will use a major speech to say that Putin and his inner circle should share the same fate as the Nazis, who ended up defeated and facing the Nuremberg trials for their atrocities.
In Moscow, Putin will watch the Victory Day parade, marking the defeat of the Nazis in 1945 (pictured: Russian service members march during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two in Red Square in central Moscow, May 7)
Russia's sacrifices in the past should not be forgotten, 'but nor must the lessons about what lies in store for the perpetrators of such unprovoked brutality', he will say.
In a message to Putin, he will say: 'In going to such extremes to justify this war of choice he and his generals are now ripping up both Russia's past and its future.
'Their unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine, attacks against innocent citizens and their homes, and the widespread atrocities - including deliberately against women and children - corrupts the memory of past sacrifices and Russia's once-proud global reputation.'
The generals in their 'manicured parade uniforms' are 'utterly complicit in Putin's hijacking of their forebears' proud history' of resisting fascism, and 'all professional soldiers should be appalled at the behaviour of the Russian
