Moscow marks Victory Day 2026 with a stripped-back Red Square parade, no tanks, mobile networks throttled and a shaky three-day ceasefire hanging over it all. Here is what the trimmed spectacle really tells us about Putin's Russia.
For the first time in nearly twenty years, Moscow's Victory Day parade will roll out without a single tank or missile. The reason says more about the war in Ukraine than the Kremlin would like.
Russia has confirmed its 9 May Victory Day parade will go ahead without military vehicles or cadets for the first time in nearly two decades, citing a 'terrorist threat' from Kyiv as Ukrainian drones reach ever deeper into Russian territory.