Army parades that had been scheduled to happen in Could have been cancelled after governors of two Russian areas cited safety issues, though report in Newsweek claimed that the parades had been cancelled owing to lack of army gear. Victory Day parades are held all through Russia on Could 9.
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Governors of Kursk and Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, scrapped their very own occasions markingthe day. Kursk governor Roman Starovoyt mentioned that there can be no parade within the regional capital due to “safety causes,” information outlet RBC reported. In the meantime, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, mentioned that the parade “would additionally not be held so as to not provoke the enemy with numerous automobiles and troopers”.
Nevertheless, Newsweek reported that the choice was taken “as a result of they merely haven’t sufficient functioning tanks to run up and down the highway.”
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“Each Russian tank is required on the entrance and all remaining parade automobiles are wanted for the bigger cities,”the report mentioned. Quoting Maria Drutska, who covers Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the report mentioned, “Is it as a result of there’s nothing left to point out on the parade in addition to T-34? Or they do not need additional charity fireworks? Another causes?”
Russian areas which border Ukraine, corresponding to Belgorod and Kursk, have blamed Ukraine for normal rocket and drone assaults on army services. Each had held the parades final 12 months.