Security concerns loom over Victory Day preparations in Moscow and Ukraine.

Moscow is on edge ahead of the Victory Day parade, with drones attacking the Kremlin and fears of Ukrainian strikes. Victory Day is the centrepiece of Putin's vision of Russian identity, and the parade will go ahead despite the nervousness. The winter and spring offensive across a 160-mile arc in eastern Ukraine has brought the country minimal gains at staggering costs, and Ukraine will soon launch its own counteroffensive. The Immortal Regiment march has been scrapped this year, and most of the military parades will only have conscripts marching because all the contract soldiers are in Ukraine.