Russia scales back Victory Day plans as Ukraine’s military reach expands
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Russia’s Victory Day, its foremost national holiday, in commemoration of its defeat of Nazi Germany at unthinkable cost, also serves as a showcase of its military might. Last year, as the year before, tanks and missiles, including nuclear-capable weapons, rolled through Red Square. In 2024, Moscow staged an exhibition of captured war trophies: military hardware taken in Ukraine.
