Twice in the last two days, Ukrainian drones have threatened Moscow, but it is unlikely they will disrupt the Kremlin’s showcase Victory Day celebration.

Ukrainian forces are reported to have launched a new incursion into Russia's Kursk border region, where Kyiv officials had hoped to gain leverage in peace negotiations. Russian military Telegram channels reported that Ukrainian troops breached the Russian border near the village of Tetkino.

May 9 parade on Moscow’s Red Square, marking the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, comes with added symbolism this year—coinciding with the 80th anniversary of that victory and more than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.