Putin condemns Nato in scaled-back Victory Day parade address Vladimir Putin has said the war in Ukraine was “coming to an end” - just hours after vowing victory in the conflict at a dramatically scaled-back parade in Moscow on Saturday. "I think that the matter is coming to an end," Putin told reporters of the war, which started more than four years ago. He also said he would be willing to negotiate new security arrangements for Europe, and that his preferred negotiating partner would be Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. His comments came after the annual Victory day parade on Moscow, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. During the event, the Russian leader had voiced that he was confident of victory in Ukraine . “Victory has always been and will be ours,” Putin said, as columns of troops lined up on Red Square.…