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Posted on 05/09/2026 5:05:15 AM PDT by tlozo
It was all over in record short time. Russia’s annual Victory Day on Red Square ended after only 45 minutes with no displays of any of the Armed Forces of Russia (AFR) military hardware and under extremely tight security.
Tensions were running extremely high following the threat of a possible Ukrainian drone attack on the event that commemorates the end of WWII, known as the Great Patriotic war in Russia, and one of the most significant events on the Russian public calendar...
Ukraine threat
Security at the event was overwhelming. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived with a very large security contingent, and the Federal Security Service (FSB) had moved up air defences to buildings surrounding Red Square. The FSB also shut down the internet including the SMS services, much to the annoyance of Muscovites.
The extra security and the scaled down parade were blamed on a combination of claims that the military hardware was needed in the Ukraine conflict, but more important were concerns that Ukraine might target the event with its long-range drones and attempt to assassinate Putin...
Bankova trolls Putin
If Bankova had been planning a strike, the day before it backed down, but took advantage of the tensions to very effectively troll the Kremlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued an official presidential decree giving Putin “permission” to hold the parade, specifically stating that Ukraine would exclude Red Square from its strikes for the duration of the parade, and included in the text of the decree the precise GPS coordinates in the text of the decree...
The decree caused much hilarity in Kyiv, with posts on social media pointing out that the only totally safe place in Russia on May 9 would be Red Square. In the last month Ukraine has ramped up its long-range drone attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure that has taken an estimated 15% of Russian refineries off line, according to experts.
In April the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired a total of 7,000 drones into Russian territory, according to Ukraine’s General Staff, the most ever in a month and for the first time Ukraine fired more drones at Russia than Russia fired at Ukraine.
No guests
With the diplomatic back and forth between the Kremlin and Bankova, understandably few other world leaders chose to attend this year’s parade. The guest list of foreign leaders attending the military parade was extremely short. Normally leaders from the former Soviet Union states and Russia's closest allies arrive to sit beside Putin on Red Square as most of them maintain close economic relations with Russia.
This year almost no one made the trip, other than a few key allies.
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The decree caused much hilarity in Kyiv, with posts on social media pointing out that the only totally safe place in Russia on May 9 would be Red Square
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Morning Ukie Bots😄
This, the 4 year mark of the 2 week special military operation...
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Bankova???
Regrettably Zelensky chickened out with droning the parade. We were so looking forward to Putin performing massive urban renewal for Kiev.
Sorry, Bankova street in Kyiv, Ukraine is the location of presidential administration buildings
Taking this threat seriously, the Kremlin recommended that all diplomats in Kyiv evacuate their embassies and leave central and made it clear that any attack on Red Square would trigger a massive retaliation on central Kyiv. While Russian missiles have hit targets in Kyiv, so far Russia has refrained from hitting administrative buildings or the presidential administration buildings on Bankova street in central Kyiv.
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LOL, embarrassing is there were more Russian vehicles in Kyiv than at Moscow's #VictoryDay parade.
As one uses Google image search for "exact" matches, one so often finds not only the many reposts of a graphic, but among them earlier dates, as above. In the same way, Zelensky's decree is not the one posted above in this thread, which is itself a spoof.
The far longer thread which posts Ukraine news daily is 2,580 posted on 5/9/2026, 6:49:57 AM by AdmSmith
It's an interesting thread, as among the comments is the assertion that President Trump is somehow Putin's "best bud." So many perspectives on the Ukraine/Russia war....
At least Vladimir was able to Putin an appearance.
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But the streamers say March 9, so this must be a fake 🙄
Old man with a face full of botox.
This, the 4 year mark of the 2 week special military operation...
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