"(Russia) wants permission from Ukraine to hold their parade, so they can safely march onto the square for one hour once a year, and then go back to killing our people and waging war again," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russia’s annual Victory Day parade will be held on 9 May without military hardware for the first time in almost two decades because of fears of a long-range attack by Ukrainian drones.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/russia-to-scale-back-victory-day-parade-as-ukraine-extends-its-drone-attacks
More like because they don’t have anything working they can spare
Hahahahaha, thanks for that. I’ve missed it, it seems.
Maybe they could rent the hot dog mobile instead?
Note they didn’t say anything about soldiers marching. Because those are cheaper to replace than machines.