‘We will go and fight’ Russians mark Stalingrad victory with eye on Ukraine fighting
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Russians this week are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of World War Two’s bloodiest conflicts, while keeping an eye on military operations in neighbouring Ukraine.
A new bust of Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been unveiled in Volgograd ahead of Wednesday’s 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s defeat of Nazi invaders in the bloodiest battle of World War Two.
The bust is flanked by two others – Soviet commanders Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vasilyevsky – beside the Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad – Volgograd’s name from 1925 to 1961, the local news outlet V1.RU reported on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit Volgograd on Wednesday for anniversary celebrations at Mamayev Kurgan, the hilltop war memorial whose 85-meter (279-foot) statue of Mother Russia dominates the city.
The battle, fought between 1942 and 1943 and estimated to have claimed 2 million casualties, is widely seen as the moment when the Nazi German forces that had captured most of Europe were finally forced onto the defensive.
