Russia Holds Most Scaled-Back Victory Day Parade in Years
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- Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday, with no tanks or military hardware rolling through Red Square at all.
- The pared-down display came under an explicit threat of attack from Kyiv, forcing security-driven concessions at the symbolic heart of the Russian capital.
Why it matters: Red Square's Victory Day parade is Russia's annual showpiece for projecting military power, and the complete omission of tanks and hardware is an unusual public acknowledgment of wartime vulnerability. Kyiv's threat of attack has now reached Moscow's most sacred commemorative ritual.
