It was a rejection of Russia’s timeline, which excludes 1939 & the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland. Russia kept its triumphalist May 9 commemoration & promised “we can do it again.” Ukraine, like the West, said “never again.” Putin couldn’t accept this divergence over history. pic.twitter.com/Wj4CiKBWWv

— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) May 9, 2022