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Brovdi's Drones Force Putin to Strip Red Square Parade

By Google News World · 2026-05-09
Brovdi's Drones Force Putin to Strip Red Square Parade
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Strikes on symbolic targets, like a military parade, highlight the psychological dimension of modern conflict, aiming to disrupt morale and project capability beyond direct battlefield gains.

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Why it matters: The Kremlin's decision to strip hardware from its signature WWII celebration is a public admission that Ukrainian drones now threaten Moscow itself. With the 414th brigade knocking out Russian air defenses faster than Moscow can rebuild them, Putin's $530bn budget — 40% of which funds the war — is being drained by $100bn in exposed oil-export infrastructure that Brovdi's birds can reach.

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