Russian security services are working to ensure that Moscow's annual Victory Day parade across Red Square on May 9 can go ahead safely despite the risk of a threat from Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Victory Day is a key anniversary for President Vladimir Putin, who often evokes the spirit and sacrifice that helped the Soviet Union repel Hitler's Nazis at a cost of some 27 million lives to boost patriotic sentiment.
But several Russian regions have already scaled back events commemorating the Nazi surrender at the end of World War Two in Europe, citing concerns that pro-Ukrainian saboteurs could target the proceedings.
