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Operațiunea Rușii la Debarcarea din Normandia

20 mai 2024, 12:58

U.S. troops wade ashore from a Coast Guard landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the US National Archives. On June 6, 1944, allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day - an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict. Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landings, pictures of Normandy's now-touristy beaches stand in stark contrast to images taken around the time of the invasion. But while the landscape has changed, the memory of the momentous event lives on. Reuters photographer Chris Helgren compiled a series of archive pictures taken during the 1944 invasion and then went back to the same places, to photograph them as they appear today. Picture taken June 6, 1944. REUTERS/Robert F. Sargent/US National Archives/Handout via Reuters (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 05 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'WWII - THE D-DAY LANDINGS, 70 YEARS ON' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'D-DAY HELGREN' - GM1EA5S0QBI01

Handout photo of U.S. troops wading ashore from a Coast Guard landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer — U.S. troops wade ashore from a Coast Guard landing craft at Omaha Beach during the Normandy D-Day landings near Vierville sur Mer, France, on June 6, 1944 in this handout photo provided by the US National Archives. On June 6, 1944, allied soldiers descended on the beaches of Normandy for D-Day - an operation that turned the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis, marking the beginning of the end of the conflict. Today, as many around the world prepare to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landings, pictures of Normandy's now-touristy beaches stand in stark contrast to images taken around the time of the invasion. But while the landscape has changed, the memory of the momentous event lives on. Reuters photographer Chris Helgren compiled a series of archive pictures taken during the 1944 invasion and then went back to the same places, to photograph them as they appear today. Picture taken June 6, 1944. REUTERS/Robert F. Sargent/US National Archives/Handout via Reuters (FRANCE - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY CONFLICT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 05 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'WWII - THE D-DAY LANDINGS, 70 YEARS ON' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'D-DAY HELGREN' - GM1EA5S0QBI01

Decizia Franței de a invita reprezentanții ruși să ia parte la sărbătorirea a 80 de ani de la Debarcarea aliaților în Normandia a întărit tensiunile din relațiile țărilor occidentale, scrie publicația Politico.

Ceremonia internațională dedicată aniversării a 80 de ani de la Debarcarea din Normandia, comemorarea operațiunii din 1944 (D-Day), la care au participat armatele americană și britanică, va avea loc pe 6 iunie. Rusia nu a primit din partea Franței o invitație oficială la ceremonie, dar organizatorii evenimentului Mission Liberation au confirmat invitarea Moscovei. Totuși, ”ținând cont de circumstanțe”, președintele Rusiei, Vladimir Putin, nu va fi însă invitat.

Îngrijorare pentru decizia Parisului au exprimat, în special, oficialități din Marea Britanie și Statele Unite, scrie ziarul. Doi reprezentanți ai Casei Albe au declarat publicației că administrația prezidențială este nemulțumită de această invitație, dar că Statele Unite se vor „supune” guvernului francez în această chestiune. Un purtător de cuvânt al guvernului britanic a calificat drept alarmante acțiunile Franței, inclusiv primirea președintelui Chinei, Xi Jinping, și trimiterea unui reprezentant la ceremonia de învestire a lui Putin.

Un diplomat dintr-o altă țară europeană a spus că, invitând Moscova la ceremonie, Parisul „i-a luat pe toți cu surprindere” , scrie Politico.

Este de așteptat ca la eveniment să ia parte președintele american Joe Biden, regele Marii Britanii Charles al III-lea și cancelarul german Olaf Scholz. Putin a participat anterior la ceremoniile de marcare a celei de-a 60-a și a 70-a aniversare a D-Day.