In the Victory Parade, which will take place in Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, 2026, there will be no column of military equipment, I mentioned Ministry of Defense.
“Pupils of the Suvorov military schools, Nakhimov schools and the cadet corps, as well as a column of military equipment, due to the current operational situation, will not participate in the military parade this year,” the ministry stated on its telegram channel.
At the same time, aircraft will participate in the parade, the Ministry of Defense added.
A few weeks ago, Z channels began discussing rumors that the Victory Parade in Moscow would be held on a limited basis. On April 27, political scientist Ekaterina Shulman and journalist Alexandra Prokopenko wrote about the same thing, citing sources. They said that the duration of the parade would be shortened, and the military convoys would march without equipment. “The propaganda machine will claim that this was intentional from the beginning, and has nothing to do with drones,” Prokopenko noted.
Last time Victory Parade in Moscow It has been implemented Without military equipment in 2007.
In recent months, Ukraine has been attacking industrial infrastructure facilities in different regions of Russia. Thus, in recent months, seaports on the Baltic Sea, as well as the oil refinery in Tuapse, have been damaged.
The commander of the Ukrainian unmanned systems forces, Robert Brovdi, recently told the BBC that “a distance of between one and a half and two thousand kilometers inside Russia is no longer a peaceful backdrop.”