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- This year's Victory Day military parade in Moscow's Red Square featured a single WWII-era tank.
- Russia's war with Ukraine has resulted in the loss of thousands of tanks.
- Russia has, at times, sent out obsolete Soviet-era tanks onto the front lines.
Russia often uses its annual Red Square military parade in Moscow as an opportunity to show off its weaponry. This year's showing was a bit lackluster, and its modern tanks were again absent.
While a range of tanks, both new and old, are typically present in the May 9 Victory Day military parade, which commemorates the lives lost and victory achieved when the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany in 1945, in this year's event, there was only one WWII-era T-34 on display.