Red Square V-Day parade scaled back due to Ukrainian drone strike fears

NPR | By Charles Maynes,

Daniel Ofman, Emily Feng

Published May 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM EDT

Foreign press was kept away from Russia's Victory Day Parade in Moscow amid fears of a Ukrainian strike.

Charles Maynes

Daniel Ofman

Emily Feng

Emily Feng is an international correspondent for NPR covering China, Taiwan and beyond from her base in Washington D.C.

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