Vladimir Putin branded a Nazi and should be ended the same way, UK defence secretary says

Vladimir Putin’s regime is “mirroring” the actions of the Nazis, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will say as the Russian leader stages a military parade to celebrate victory over Hitler’s fascists.

Mr Wallace will use a major speech to say that Mr Putin and his inner circle should share the same fate as the Nazis, who ended up defeated and facing the Nuremberg trials for their atrocities. In Moscow, Mr Putin will watch the Victory Day parade of military hardware, marking the defeat of the Nazis in 1945.

But according to extracts briefed to the Telegraph and Times, Mr Wallace will say: “Through their invasion of Ukraine, Putin, his inner circle and generals are now mirroring the fascism and tyranny of 70 years ago, repeating the errors of last century’s totalitarian regimes.” He will add: “Their fate must also, surely, eventually be the same.”

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Russia’s sacrifices in the past should not be forgotten, “but nor must the lessons about what lies in store for the perpetrators of such unprovoked brutality”. In a message to Mr Putin, he will say: “In going to such extremes to justify this war of choice he and his generals are now ripping up both Russia’s past and its future.

“Their unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine, attacks against innocent citizens and their homes, and the widespread atrocities – including deliberately against women and children – corrupts the memory of past sacrifices and Russia’s once-proud global reputation.”

The Defence Secretary’s speech, at the National Army Museum in London, will also directly criticise the behaviour of Russian commanders for war crimes and their incompetence in a campaign which has