Posted on 05/10/2023 3:20:58 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Russia’s scaled-down Victory Day military parade showed not only Moscow’s insecurities over possible Ukrainian attacks but also highlighted the country’s depleted military resources due to the conflict, political analysts said.
May 9 is a public holiday in Russia when it commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It is arguably the most important day in Russia’s public calendar and history, forming a central part of the country’s modern national identity.
This year’s military parade through Red Square in Moscow and celebrations around the country were noticeably smaller than in previous years or entirely canceled, with six regions (including annexed Crimea) and at least 20 cities halting their commemorations.
In Moscow on Tuesday, the military parade was more downbeat, with no fly-past or “Immortal Regiment” processions — which are usually largescale public events to commemorate those killed in World War II. There were also far fewer troops and military hardware on show than in previous years.
The fact that only one Stalin-era tank was on display in the military parade through Red Square was particularly eye-catching, analysts noted.
“It would be hard to image a more fitting symbol of Russia’s declining military fortunes than the sight of a solitary Stalin-era tank trundling across Red Square during the country’s traditional Victory Day celebrations on May 9,” Peter Dickinson, the editor of the UkraineAlert journal at the Atlantic Council, commented Tuesday.
“For the past two decades, Vladimir Putin has used Victory Day to showcase modern Russia’s resurgence as a military superpower, with dozens of the very latest tanks typically taking part in each annual parade. This year, however, the only tank on display was a T-34 model dating back to World War II.”
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Global warming considerations?
Is this what an electric tank will look like?
https://www.militarytimes.com/video/2022/10/24/is-this-what-an-electric-tank-will-look-like/
Why provide targets?? And I believe the tank was supposed to be symbolic of something...so not about their tank force.
The Tank is 83 years old...so 1940. Totally symbolic.
looks like symbols are all Russia has left
face it, that parade was embarrassing & humiliating ... Putin is on his way out ...
I must be the only person in the world who recognizes how ridiculous it is to draw such wide ranging conclusions based on parade composition.
IIRC The hapless Rooskie army took a few tanks off of their monuments and got them in running condition. Then sent them to the Ukraine fronts.
There’s no way of knowing if this is real or not.
Nice communist flag on that tank. Telling. How can a supposed American conservative support a country that flies that?
Sheldon’s girlfriend working for the military... that’s a surprise. (J/K)
Oh it's real all right...see for yourself
Putin sends out ONE lonely tank during Victory Parade after suffering losses in Ukraine (VIDEO)
Fast forward to the 01:29 mark for the lone T-34.
Indeed so...of a decrepit, depleted Russian military that now has to use antique tanks on the front lines in Ukraine.
Right as Gen Petraeus told us in October.... Russia is literally out of moves....totally
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-army-bigger-than-start-ukraine-war-us-general-2023-4
The T-34 was designed in 1934, pre WWII.
Kind of like Putin’s victory parade in Moscow?
If Biden gets his way, it will probably look like this:
Its kind of like the Armed Forces Day we haven’t had in decades.
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