The parade began with a march of the banner group of the Preobrazhensky Regiment Honor Guard’s unit carrying the Russian national flag and the legendary Victory Banner across Red Square

For the first time in nearly two decades, there will be no military hardware, just soldiers during Saturday's parade in Moscow.

The parade began with a march of the banner group of the Preobrazhensky Regiment Honor Guard’s unit carrying the Russian national flag and the legendary Victory Banner across Red…

The parade this year had no tanks or other military equipment rolling through Moscow's Red Square amid threats from Ukraine.

He stressed that Russia sacredly honors the legacy and commandments of the soldiers who secured victory

Fears of Ukrainian drone attacks kept the military parade on Red Square modest in scale. The three-day truce between Moscow and Kyiv was only finalized the previous evening.