-Analysis- PARIS — It’s worth noting that this year Ukraine celebrated the World War II victory over Nazism on May 8, along with the rest of Europe, rather than on May 9, like the Soviet Union used to do and Russia does today. The original difference in date was due to the western and eastern time zones, but came to take on extra significance over the years as the geopolitical divide widened between Moscow and its former World War II allies. Thus on Wednesday in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky celebrated the victory of 1945, calling for the defeat of those he called “the new Nazis” — in other words, …