2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The parade was not broadcast on some platforms outside of Russia due to social media boycotts and sanctions in response to the invasion.

[1][2] Within Russia, anti-war slogans appeared on Russian satellite television[3] as well as on Lenta.ru, a pro-government news website, on Victory Day.

[4][5] According to the Russian state-owned TASS news agency, a number of foreign envoys from the Middle East and Africa attended the ceremony.

[6] There was some speculation that Vladimir Putin would use the occasion to make a formal declaration of war on Ukraine, but this did not occur.

He also drew parallels between the current Ukrainian government and that of Nazi Germany,[9][10][11][12] praising Russia's military, saying that present troops were "fighting for the motherland, for her future, and so that nobody forgets the lessons of World War II".