Victory parade in Moscow: how to read Putin’s words?

Putin’s tone has fundamentally changed, La Stampa notes:

“It’s ‘Mr. Zelensky’ now, instead of ‘the leader of a neo-Nazi clique’, ‘the leader of the illegitimate regime in Kyiv’, ‘neo-Nazi’ or ‘comedian’. Given Vladimir Putin’s nigh on superstitious habit of never calling his most hated enemies by their names, the decision to do just that – in combination with the idea to set up a personal meeting with him – could signify a change of mood in Moscow, almost more so than the promise of a war that ‘is drawing to a close’.”