Donald Trump will not be in Moscow on May 9. The Kremlin has confirmed that there are not even open conversations so that the US president attends the military parade with which Vladimir Putin will hold the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
“There are no conversations about Trump’s arrival at the Victory Day parade,” Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov has settled, according to the Russian state agency Tass. Putin, on the other hand, has invited leaders such as Chinese President, Brazilian and Israeli leader, according to the party, according to the newspaper .
Victory Day is a key event for Putin, which makes the center of Moscow every year a large military muscle exhibition, full of tanks, missiles and patriotism in its purest form. A celebration that contrasts with the most austere acts held in Europe on May 8, official date of the end of the conflict for Western allies.
Although Trump is out of play, other international leaders will be present, even ignoring the warnings of the European Union. This is the case of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, and the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, whom Brussels has warned that his assistance could block Serbian adhesion to the EU.
While Russia exhibits its war potential, diplomacy between Washington and Moscow is still cold. Trump has made clear through his advisors that he will not lift the phone to talk to Putin until Russia accepts a high definitive fire in Ukraine. kyiv, on the other hand, counterattacks inviting European leaders to their own alternative act, also on May 9.
