For the first time since 2008, no tanks crossed Red Square on Victory Day. No missile launchers. No armored vehicles. On May 9, 2025, Russia’s most symbolically charged military ritual played out with ...

During this year's Victory Day parade, Russian media showed a CGI flyover by the Russian Knights and Swifts aerobatic teams, followed by real images of Su-25s painting the Russian flag in the sky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over his most pared-back Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square, after a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took effect. Russia’s annual May 9 ...

Trump announces three-day ceasefire in Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine agree to pause fighting. Russians are increasingly anxious over the war in Ukraine. Putin attends parade on Red Square. Russia ...

There were no neat rows of tanks or ballistic missile carriers rolling down the smooth cobbles of Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, as Russia scaled back what is usually a grand militaristic Victory ...