Thousands of military personnel continue to rehearse with ballistic missile launchers and tanks for this year’s Victory Day parade in Russia when Vladimir Putin may declare war on the West.
Each year Russia celebrates its triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945 at the end of the Second World War on May 9, and this year it has extra significance.
Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what he called a “special operation to de-Nazify” the country and it was widely expected that he wanted to use this year’s celebrations in May to announce a success in that mission.
