This is the third such parade since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In many regions of Russia, parades commemorating the victory in World War II have been canceled due to security concerns.
Belgorod, Bryansk, Pskov, Ryazan, Kursk and Saratov regions have canceled their events, although not all of them are close to Ukraine.
Victory Day events have also been canceled in occupied regions of Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia and Sevastopol in Crimea, due to “security reasons”.
Military parade in Moscow
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Military parade in Moscow, 2024 (photo by SCANPIX)
Military parade in Moscow, 2024 (photo by SCANPIX)
Military parade in Moscow, 2024 (photo by SCANPIX)
Military parade in Moscow, 2024 (photo by SCANPIX)
Military parade in Moscow, 2024 (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Vladimir Putin (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Vladimir Putin (photo by SCANPIX)
Vladimir Putin (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Sergey Shoigu (photo by SCANPIX)
Victory Day parade in Moscow (photo by SCANPIX)
Sergey Shoigu (photo by SCANPIX)
Putin’s speech
In his speech on May 9, the Kremlin leader routinely praises his soldiers and military veterans, as well as showing off Russian military equipment to an audience he hopes will watch the ceremony from around the world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to justify the invasion of the neighboring country in his speech in Red Square.
The parade in Red Square features Russian military equipment, including modern missiles and air defense systems, as well as thousands of military personnel in full dress uniform.
According to media reports, the parade will include, among others, soldiers who have fought in Ukraine in recent months. An air show was also announced, although it has not been held for a couple of years in a row “due to bad weather”.
Western countries ignore the parade
As in previous years, Western heads of state and prime ministers are not participating in the parade and the huge arms exhibition.
The Kremlin has said that the leaders of the former Soviet republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as Cuba, Laos and Guinea-Bissau, should sit next to Putin.
Recently, entities related to the Kremlin regime have been actively conducting psychological-informational operations against Lithuania and other Baltic states, which include kinetic actions, when violations of various types of legal acts are purposefully committed.
The Department of State Security (VSD) points out that these operations are characterized by aggressiveness in order to influence the public, intimidate them, cause panic and disrupt the work of state institutions, the department’s statement reads.
It should be noted that information-psychological attack campaigns are usually based on events that are current in the attacked countries at the time, and socially important topics and significant historical dates are used to create narratives.
Monuments dedicated to the anti-Soviet resistance last year in the Baltic States were deliberately desecrated on May 9. on the eve of the so-called “Victory Day” in Russia.
“According to intelligence, in the near future the probability of similar attacks or provocations against various objects in Lithuania remains high. VSD once again draws attention to the fact that hostile services seek to recruit residents of Lithuania and other Baltic countries in various ways, whom they could later use to carry out such provocations or attacks,” the VSD points out.
According to the department, social networks are increasingly being used for this purpose, where advertisements constantly appear announcing the search for individuals who agree to spy for a certain fee, for example, to photograph strategically important infrastructure or military objects and collect data on individuals, to carry out acts of sabotage or vandalism.
If you see advertisements on social networks that offer financial rewards for vandalism and violations of other legal acts in Lithuania, we urge you to immediately report it to the VSD.
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