On May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day, which is the annual commemoration ... war that Russia launched against Ukraine in February 2022. A source close to the Kremlin told Meduza, an independent ...

In 2021, the number of aircraft flying over Moscow’s Red Square during the May 9 Victory Day Parade was increased to 76. In 2022, the air parade over Moscow’s Red Square was cancelled due to ...

No foreign leaders attended Moscow’s Victory Day parade in 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, the following year saw the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.

An curved arrow pointing right. Vladimir Putin presided over a smaller-scale Victory Day celebration in Moscow compared to those in previous years. The country showed off only one tank ...