The2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held inMoscow'sRed Square on 9 May 2022.
The parade was organised to commemorate the 77th anniversary of both the capitulation ofNazi Germany in theSecond World War in 1945 and the historicMoscow Victory Parade of 1945.
The parade took place amid the backdrop of2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The parade was not broadcast on some platforms outside of Russia due tosocial media boycotts and sanctions in response to the invasion.[1][2]
Within Russia, anti-war slogans appeared on Russiansatellite television[3] as well as onLenta.ru, a pro-government news website, on Victory Day.[4][5]
According to the Russian state-ownedTASS news agency, a number of foreign envoys from the Middle East and Africa attended the ceremony.Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador to Russia from theLuhansk People's Republic (a pro-Russian breakaway region of Ukraine'sDonbas region), addressed the crowd in Red Square.[6]
There was some speculation thatVladimir Putin would use the occasion to make a formal declaration of war on Ukraine, but this did not occur.[7][8]
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The Russian presidentVladimir Putin gave a speech at the parade. The speech did not give any specifics regarding the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also did not refer to Ukraine by name in his speech. Putin condemned the Ukrainian government,the West andNATO, blaming their alleged aggressive actions for Russia's invasion and saying that NATO and the West was using Ukraine as aproxy to attack Russia. He also drew parallels between the current Ukrainian government and that ofNazi 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".[13]
Bold indicates first appearance,italic indicates multiple appearances,Bold and italic indicate returning appearance, all indicated unless otherwise noted.
The air fly-past column was ostensibly cut from the 2022 Victory Day Parade due to weather, despite the ground portion of the parade taking place with good visibility and somewhat cloudy skies.[14]
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