"Russia's Victory Day Parade: Symbolism and Significance"

The scaled-down Victory Day parade in Russia, featuring a lone T-34 tank, is a sign that the Kremlin is preparing its people for a potential loss in the ongoing war against Ukraine, according to former NATO commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon. He said that the parade was a "great parody of a desperate tyrant clinging on by his fingerprints". Leaked US intelligence documents suggest that Russia has suffered significantly more casualties than Ukraine, and has lost 2,300 of its more advanced tanks. The conflict has also strained relations between the Kremlin and pro-Putin mercenary group Wagner.