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Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre foreground, attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall inMoscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

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A police boat patrol the waters of the Moskva River near Red Square decorated for the celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany at World War II during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2026, backdropped by the St. Basil's Cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer

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Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Maxim Bogovid/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russia holds Victory Day parade marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, holds a portrait of his father, also named Vladimir, as he walks with others carrying pictures of their relatives who fought in World War II, during celebrations in Red Square, in Moscow on May 9, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

How Putin uses the USSR’s victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Victory Day: Trump designates Thursday as a day for the U.S. to celebrate victory in World War II

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a group photo ceremony prior to Outreach/BRICS Plus format session at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Oct. 24, 2024. (Maxim Shipenkov, Pool Photo via AP, File)

China’s Xi Jinping to pay official visit to Russia, alongside Victory Day celebrations

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un smile together in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Photo via AP, File)

Pyongyang confirms North Korean troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, toasts as he attends an official reception, to mark 79th anniversary of the end of World War II, in the Palace of the Facets at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Russia is wrapping itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II that President Vladimir Putin has turned into a pillar of his nearly quarter-century in power and a justification of his military action in Ukraine. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s celebration of victory in World War II is a key pillar of Putin’s rule

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Soldiers shout during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 78 years after the victory in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

War overshadows holiday integral to Russian identity

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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin defends Ukraine war as Russia faces manpower shortages, global outrage

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A huge letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, is reflected in an office building in a street in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 6, 2022. Red Soviet flags and orange-and-black striped military ribbons are on display in Russian cities and towns. Neighborhoods are staging holiday concerts. Flowers are being laid by veterans' groups at monuments to the Great Patriotic War, as World War II is known in the country. At first glance, preparations for Monday's celebration of Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, seem to be the same as ever. But the mood this year is very different, because Russian troops are fighting and dying again. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Patriotism, unease mix as Russia marks Victory Day in WWII

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People clean debris in a residential area after Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian attack on school seen as part of urgent offensive ahead of ‘Victory Day’ celebration

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - German soldiers load tank howitzers 2000 for transport to Lithuania at the Bundeswehr army base in Munster, northern Germany, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Germany's defense minister confirmed Friday that her country will supply Ukraine with seven powerful self-propelled howitzers to help defend itself against Russia. Christine Lambrecht said Ukrainian soldiers will be trained in Germany to use the self-propelled Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery, which is capable of firing precision ammunition at a distance of up to 40 kilometers (25 miles). (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Live updates | Biden: US sending another $150M in assistance

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FILE - Debris covers the inside of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre following a March 16, 2022, bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine, in an area now controlled by Russian forces, Monday, April 4, 2022. The bombing of the theater that was used as a shelter stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date in the war. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks

By Jon Gambrell and Cara Anna - Associated Press

Push to change Victory Day renewed amid racial reckoning

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin postpones World War II victory parade due to virus

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to celebrate International Women's Day, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 8, 2020. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia, where men traditionally give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

White House confirms Trump not going to Moscow for V-Day

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian tanks T-72 B3 drive during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin vows Russian military will grow at Victory Day parade

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Peace a la Putin

By Jed Babbin

Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the Immortal Regiment march at the Red Square in Moscow on Tuesday to mark 72 years since the end of World War II and the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin’s ambitions for Russia frozen

By L. Todd Wood