In some parts of the city’s extensive network of rivers and canals, the use of jet skis has also been forbidden.įor all the fearsome armaments that will growl through Moscow’s most famous square, Russia’s failure to make gains in Ukraine spoils the image of its army’s indomitability.Īfter seizing sizable parts of the neighboring country in the opening weeks of the invasion, the Russians abandoned an attempt to enter Kyiv, retreated in parts of northern and southern Ukraine, and failed to take Bakhmut, a small city of questionable value, despite months of exceptionally gruesome fighting. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, the authorities also banned the use of drones ahead of a parade. The use of drones has been once again banned in the Russian capital, and car sharing services have been temporarily barred from the city center, with users unable to start or finish rides there. The famed parade in Moscow’s Red Square will go ahead following Russia’s claim of an attempted Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin, whose spires loom next to the parade venue, but amid ramped-up security measures. However, many regions have canceled their May 9 observances because of concerns the events could be targets for Ukrainian attacks. The Soviet Union lost at least 20 million people in the war the suffering and valor that went into the German defeat have been touchstones ever since.
The holiday falling on Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of Germany’s capitulation in World War II after a relentless Red Army offensive pushed German forces from Stalingrad, deep inside Russia, all the way to Berlin, about 2,200 kilometers (1,300 miles). But the war in Ukraine undermines both this year.
Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to its identity: military might and moral rectitude.
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