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Observed the day after today’s V-E day celebrations, the Victory Day parade commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany will be a very much scaled back affair, featuring no marshalling of rockets and heavy equipment in Moscow for the first time in almost twenty years and no coverage by the foreign press (as well as an internet blackout, the increasing frequency finally grating on the Russian public seemingly more than any of the other hardships or sacrifices of the special military operation) as the war in Ukraine has dragged on longer than the Red Army’s action in WWII. The expected quieter streets of Red Square are owing to heightened security concerns due to the ongoing conflict, framed by the Russian leader as a continuation as the fight against fascism; exacerbated by the fact that neither Moscow nor Kiev would commit to a ceasefire for the public holiday, Putin alone with his ranks, to avoid a large gathering that may be vulnerable to attack. Russia has vowed to bomb the Ukrainian capital should they attempt any disruption.