But Vladimir Putin’s display of power – marking the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over Nazi Germany – may still be foiled by Ukraine, which rejected Russia’s offer of a brief ceasefire for the event.
Ukraine has hit targets deep inside Russia before, though attacking a major war memorial event would be a major step.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade in 2024 (Photo: Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / POOL / AFP)
Events in at least 21 other Russian cities were cancelled last year over similar security concerns.
Zelensky said Russia may even stage some kind of attack of its own, hoping to blame Ukraine for it. He didn’t provide any evidence for that claim.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico – both among Putin’s few allies in Europe – fell ill ahead of the event, and are now unlikely to attend, outlets in their home countries reported.
Russian service members march in columns during a rehearsal for a military parade in 2024 (Photo: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)Zelensky “understands that in the event of a real provocation on Victory Day, nobody will be able to guarantee that Kyiv will live to see May 10,” Medvedev said.
Zelensky in response called the Victory Day ceasefire demand a “theatrical production” that Putin only put forward to safeguard the parade.
Russian servicemen march as they attend a general rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow in 2024 (Photo: Sergei Kiselev/Moskva News Agency/AFP)Ukraine has been able to launch long-range attacks reaching Moscow before, though not on a large scale. Two drones, in May 2023, struck the Kremlin itself, although no one was injured.
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On Monday, Russian air defence units said they destroyed five drones headed for Moscow. Sergei Sobyanin, the Moscow mayor, said there was no damage from the falling debris and nobody was injured.
Moscow police have also called on residents not to set off fireworks ahead of the parade, citing “a growing number of provocations involving their use,” the state news agency TASS reported.
Russian outlets said that Moscow residents were warned that mobile internet access might be cut around Victory Day as a security measure.
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