![]() ET: The headline on this article was amended. The Kremlin has said it was up to regional heads to decide whether the parades should take place, taking into consideration the local security situation, The Moscow Times reported. Russia's annual Victory Day parade is underway in Moscow's Red Square, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is watching and expected to make a speech. Russia held its annual Victory Day military parade in Moscows Red Square on Monday to honor the. Other southern Russian regions, including Voronezh and Rostov, as well as Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014 and Ukraine has vowed to take back, have confirmed their Victory Day parades would go ahead next month. However, the event in the Russian capital was scaled back. Since the start of the war, Russian regions which border Ukraine, such as Belgorod and Kursk, have blamed Kyiv for regular rocket and drone attacks on military facilities.īoth regions held Victory Day parades last year, with Kursk hosting over 1,000 troops and security agency members. Newsweek has contacted the governors of Kursk and Belgorod for comment. ![]() Russia's Victory Day celebrations were scaled back this year. the day after the Victory Parade takes place. A Soviet T-34 tank rolls during the Victory Day Red Square Parade on in Moscow, Russia. Maria Drutska, who tweets about the war, also speculated about the cancelation, writing: "Is it because there is nothing left to show at the parade besides T-34? Or they don't want extra charity fireworks? Any other reasons?" 0:00 / 1:32:10 WATCH LIVE: Russia’s Victory Day parade South China Morning Post 3.73M subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 3.8M views Streamed 1 year ago Read more about Russia's Victory. Cossacks march in Moscow during a rehearsal for Victory Day on 9 May, which marks Russia’s defeat over Nazi Germany in the second world war. "Every Russian tank is needed at the front and all remaining parade vehicles are needed for the larger cities," Tendar added to the post to their 167,000 followers, and said that last year the flight show at the May 9 parade in Moscow had been canceled too due to what the authorities "claimed.was due to 'bad weather.'" The war in Ukraine has prompted officials across Russia to scale back annual celebrations of Victory Day, the country’s most important national holiday, with more than 20 cities. ![]() Read more Putin was waiting on "wink" from Donald Trump to seize Ukraine: Author ![]()
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