Blinken: There is powerful parallel between D-Day and Russia's aggression in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said there is a powerful parallel between what happened during World War II in 1944, when the Allies landed on the shores of Normandy, and what is happening now in Ukraine.

He said this on Thursday during an MSNBC broadcast from France, where he is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Ukrinform reports.

"There's a really powerful parallel too between what we're commemorating today and what we're doing now," Blinken said.

He said that in Normandy in 1944, 12 countries came together and started the final fight that ultimately, 11 months later, led to victory in World War II.

"In Ukraine, we have more than 50 countries standing up, standing together, making sure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself and to push back this aggression. And that's the power of our alliances and that's the biggest difference maker we have in the world," Blinken said.

At the same time, according to him, the adversaries of the democratic world do not have the same kind of voluntary alliances.

"Here we have country after country that volunteers to stand together in defense of principles that we share and know need defending. We're seeing that in Ukraine; we saw that 80 years ago in Normandy," Blinken said.

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