Putin looks at how a tank drives down the red place in a reduced victory parade

Vladimir Putin watched how a single tank from the Second World War rolled through Moscow as part of a reduced victory parade, in which he claimed that the war was unleashed against Russia.

the T-34, an 83-year-old relic, traditionally opened the annual demonstration of military power because of its symbolic role in supporting Russia in overcoming Nazi Germany.

The tank from the Soviet period is usually accompanied by more modern combat machines to bring the military power full of Moscow.

Western analysts suspected that the decision to limit the parade was probably made to hide the losses that the Russian armed forces have suffered since the invasion of Ukraine in February.

However,

Russian officials said that the event would be reduced after Ukraine was accused of an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin to murder Vladimir Putin. Kyiv repeated every role in the obvious attack.

Mr. Putin used his speech on the day of victory to accuse the West of waging war against Russia, and told the troop columns in Red Square that Russia had to defend itself against “international terrorism”.

The day of victory that Russia commits on May 9 has always been the moment to mourn the colossal military and civilian losses that the Soviet Union suffered during the Nazi invasion.

But the Russian President used the platform this year to start an angry tirade over Russia's lengthy invasion.

Mr. Putin was on the stage on the Red Square, surrounded by older veterans and young officers, and hit the West by saying that a "real war was unleashed against Russia" and tried to try the Ukraine as "Geisel" of the West and its "neo-Nazi allies.

he said Russia's future “rests” soldiers who fight in Ukraine.

"Nothing is more important than their struggles to fight," said the Russian president of the troops fighting in Ukraine, some of whom were present at the parade.

he continued: "The security of the country is now resting on them, the future of our statehood and our people depend on them."

As part of the reduced parade, Russia scraped the traditional driving past.

After a daring drone attack on the Kremlin last week, questions about security were raised.

According to the Ukrainian government,

Moscow has lost 3,734 tanks since Mr. Putin ordered his troops across the border.

Last year the traditional T-34 was accompanied by a T-14 Armata and a T-74, two more modern fighting tanks, both of which were spotted on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Russia desperately tried to plug its lack of tanks by getting older models out of the deep bearing to send them across the border.

During the military parade on Tuesday there were only 10 different weapon systems, while the air part, which usually includes rigid wing aircraft and helicopter, was completely canceled according to local media reports.

Russia sent the fewest troops since 2008.

Only 8,000 soldiers marched across the Red Square-this is less than the victory parade in 2020, which took place six weeks later due to an angry covid pandemic. Last year 11,000 soldiers took part in the parade in Moscow.

Last year the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 131 different weapon types were involved, with an air show of 77 aircraft and helicopters.

But normally the audience could expect to see over 200 military vehicles, including tanks and rifle tanks, as well as the Russian Air Force.

"Putin has led the greatest and fastest military collapse that Russia has experienced in recent history," said Michael Horowitz, an analyst for geopolitics and security.