A Soviet T-34 tank rolls during the Victory Day Red Square Parade on May 9, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
A Soviet T-34 tank rolls during the Victory Day Red Square Parade on May 9, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
  • Russia's Victory Day celebrations were scaled back this year.
  • There was no air force display and just one decades-old tank rolled through Moscow's Red Square.
  • Russia's military has been degraded in Ukraine, and experts said it planned smaller celebrations to hide that.

Just one tank rolled through Moscow's Red Square for Russia's Victory Day parade, an annual event Russia typically uses to show off its military might.