Russia’s “Great Victory” cult wasn’t built in 1945 — it was constructed in 1965
Russian propaganda presents May 9 as a sacred, unbroken tradition stretching back to 1945.
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Russian occupation troops fighting in Ukraine are inspired by WWII “generation of victors,” says Putin at 9 May parade at Red Square
This year's parade had no columns of heavy military equipment. Since 2022, Russia has lost 11,894 tanks, 24,486 armored combat vehicles, 40,825 artillery systems, and 1,755 MLRS in Ukraine.
After Russia unilaterally announced 9 May ceasefire to hold parade, Zelenskyy set Ukraine’s silence regime to start three days earlier
The announcement existed on Russian social media. Not in diplomatic channels.
Zelenskyy asks Trump whether Putin’s 9 May ceasefire means more than hours of safety for his own propaganda parade
Russia has used temporary pauses before, framed as humanitarian gestures or goodwill signals, to regroup forces, rotate units, resupply front-line positions, and then resume offensive operations.
Frontline report: Ukraine just walked through Russia’s “impenetrable” border ahead of Putin’s favourite holiday
Moscow faces an excruciating choice: abandon key positions to protect Russian pride on May 9, or commit valuable reserves to a Ukrainian trap specifically designed to bite down when it hurts most.
Who owns Victory Day? As Trump and Putin clash over power, Ukraine holds the receipt
As Putin and Trump scramble to claim WWII’s victory, Ukraine’s one-day switch threatens to dismantle the myth that fueled Moscow's global power for 80 years.
Zelenskyy: Russians who committed Bucha atrocities will shout about Nazi crimes on “parade of fear”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked Victory Day with a stark message: Russia today has become the evil it once claimed to defeat, an evil that must be resisted militarily, diplomatically, and economically before history repeats itself again.
Russia’s deadly innovations ahead of sacred holiday cost 40% of all casualties in Pokrovsk
The city's once-populated districts are deserted now. Most apartments are uninhabitable, and the streets are dangerously littered with burnt and damaged cars, while unexploded ordnance is scattered on the ground.
“He comes back for more”: Inside Putin’s three-day ceasefire trap that Ukraine wisely rejected
This move is part of a bigger plan to dominate Ukraine and challenge Europe.
InformNapalm: FSB allegedly preparing false flag terror attacks during 9 May parades to blame Ukraine
Sources suggest attacks may hit Khabarovsk, Ulan-Ude.
Victory at any cost: Moscow will drain its people to feed front, expert says
As Russia ramps up its propaganda machine ahead of 9 May celebrations, military expert Serhii Hrabskyi warns that the Kremlin will go to extreme lengths to sustain its war effort — even at the expense of its own people.
ISW: Russia expands “anti-Nazi” rhetoric beyond Ukraine to further militarize Russian society
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently accused the EU of promoting "neo-Nazi ideology" after EU officials recommended boycotting Russia's Victory Day Parade on 9 May as the Kremlin uses Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to justify current invasion.