{"id":139386,"date":"2026-04-29T20:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/russia-scales-back-moscow-victory-day-parade-blaming-threat-from-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:02:55","slug":"russia-scales-back-moscow-victory-day-parade-blaming-threat-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/russia-scales-back-moscow-victory-day-parade-blaming-threat-from-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia scales back Moscow Victory Day parade, blaming threat from Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MOSCOW, Feb 29 \u2013 Russia\u2019s Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May will be scaled back this year because of a \u201cterrorist threat\u201d from Ukraine, the Kremlin has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll measures are being taken to minimise the danger,\u201d said President Vladimir Putin\u2019s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s military explained that the annual commemorations of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two would not feature military vehicles or cadets due to the \u201ccurrent operational situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has recently intensified its strikes deep inside Russia, more than four years into Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. Kyiv says it is hitting legitimate military targets, and in turn accuses Moscow of attacking civilians in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that \u201cthe Kyiv regime, which is losing ground on the battlefield every day, has now launched into full-scale terrorist activity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, given this terrorist threat, all measures are, of course, being taken to minimise the danger,\u201d he said, stressing that the parade would still be held on the Red Square.<\/p>\n<p>Putin revived the old Soviet practice of parading heavy military hardware in Red Square in 2008 to demonstrate Russia\u2019s \u201cgrowing defence capability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 20 world leaders were in Moscow for lavish commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in 1945 which included an array of modern armoury, including tanks and drones.<\/p>\n<p>In its statement late on Tuesday, the Russian defence ministry said this year\u2019s parade would include representatives of all branches of Russia\u2019s armed forces and a colourful fly-past. However, it made clear that \u201ccadets from Suvorov military schools, Nakhimov [naval] schools, and cadet corps, as well as a column of military equipment will not participate in the military parade this year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Footage would also be shown on national TV, it said, of Russian military personnel \u201ccarrying out tasks in the special military operation zone\u201d \u2013 a reference to how Moscow officially terms its invasion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW, Feb 29 \u2013 Russia\u2019s Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May will be scaled back this year because of a \u201cterrorist threat\u201d from Ukraine, the Kremlin has said. \u201cAll measures are being taken to minimise the danger,\u201d said President Vladimir Putin\u2019s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia\u2019s military explained that the annual commemorations of Soviet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}