May 9, 2026
The annual Victory Day parade, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the victory in World War II, was held in Moscow’s Red Square, which lasted about 45 minutes, and during which there were no columns of military equipment due to the current operational situation, also taking into account the risk factor of terrorism.
However, there were demonstration flights with the participation of the Russian “Strizhi” and “Ruskie Vityaz” aviation groups.
Note that this is official was famous became still at the end of April.
And it was only after this decision that President of Ukraine Zelensky threatened, stating:
“Russia will hold a parade with military equipment on May 9 in Moscow. If this happens, it will be the first time that they will not be able to show their military equipment, fear-mongering UAVs will be buzzing over Red Square. This shows that they are not strong and we must continue our sanctions against them.”
In other words, Zelensky lied in Yerevan when he announced that Moscow was going to hold a festive parade with a display of military equipment, in fact, to create the impression that such a decision was made after his Yerevan threat, which is not the case.
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