Sputnik
The speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the May 9 parade is awaited by the whole world, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The military parade marking the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War will be held in Moscow's Red Square on May 9.
"We expect the president to deliver a very important speech at the parade, as is the custom. It is always awaited by the whole world, and rightly so," Peskov told Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin.
Putin will have a busy schedule on May 9, with a number of bilateral meetings with foreign guests on the agenda, the presidential spokesman said. These include Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
On Ukraine
"For us, the preferable way is to achieve our goals through a deal — a peace agreement. But if the Kiev regime does not feel inclined, we will compel it by conducting and completing the special military operation," Peskov told Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin.
He suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump saw the Ukrainian government in a similar way.
"They [assessments] are similar. Overall, it is hard to imagine that the perception of the Kiev regime's behavior may vary," Peskov said.
Putin and Trump spoke over the phone on Wednesday. This was their 12th phone call since Trump took office in 2025.
Washington can "put in its place" the Ukrainian regime, Peskov said.
On Oil
There is already significantly less oil on the global market than there should be due to the shipping constraints in the Strait of Hormuz, Peskov has warned.
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky claimed this week he had ignored calls from the West not to strike Russian oil infrastructure amid the worsening global oil crisis.
"I don’t know whether he refused the Europeans or not, but the situation is such that, due to a severe energy crisis caused by the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, there is much less oil on the market than there should be," Peskov said.
On Europe
Russia and Europe are going back to a "harsh confrontation" due to demonstrative Russophobia and aggressive militarism of EU countries, Peskov said.
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