Russia’s annual Victory Day parade in Moscow took place on May 9 amid escalating Ukrainian drone strikes. On May 7, Russia’s Defens

Moscow's grand avenues, like every year in early May, were taken over by the growling of 80-year-old tanks and the smell of gasoline burned by military vehicles. To the delight of many locals, soldiers marched in multiple rehearsals for the May 9 Victory Day Parade in the week leading up to the actual event.