The celebration of Victory Day on May 9, the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union, is traditionally marked by a military parade on Moscow’s Red Square. Last year’s parade featured the usual armored vehicles, tanks and rocket launchers passing by the Kremlin – many of which have been seen ambushed, shipwrecked, captured or even towed by tractors in applause. Russian soldiers salute during Victory Parade in Red Square on May 9 last year DIMITAR DILKOFF / GETTY Russia’s military and state propaganda channels may even claim that the “special military operation” in Ukraine is
