Red Square V-Day parade scaled back due to Ukrainian drone strike fears

NPR | By Charles Maynes,

Daniel Ofman, Emily Feng

Published May 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM CDT

Foreign press was kept away from Russia's Victory Day Parade in Moscow amid fears of a Ukrainian strike.

Charles Maynes

Daniel Ofman

Emily Feng

Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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