and security has become a problem for those running russia. less than a week ago, this happened an apparent drone attack on the kremlin. the russian authorities blame it on ukraine. these too. in recent weeks there s been a string of drone on russian territory, and on russian occupied crimea, as well as bombs targeting the railways and power lines. citing security concerns, several russian regions had cancelled local victory day events. for the kremlin, it was important to keep calm and carry on in the capital, but the red square parade was shorter than normal. what was once a showcase of russian military might this year seemed to highlight military problems more than 1a months after the kremlin launched a full scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news.
several russian regions had cancelled local victory day events. for the kremlin, it was important to keep calm and carry on in the capital, but the red square parade was shorter than normal. what was once a showcase of russian military might this year seemed to highlight military problems more than ia months after the kremlin launched a full scale invasion of ukraine. steve rosenberg, bbc news. joining me now is the russian political scientist and former close adviser to vladimir putin, professor sergey markov. thank you forjoining us on the programme. would you agree that today s parade rather than showcasing the might of russia s military actually showed the problems that it faces and its
and security has become a problem for the kremlin. less than a week ago it was attacked by drones. the russian authorities blame ukraine. for these too, the recent string of drone attacks across russia and russian occupied crimea. and bombs targeting railways and power lines. citing security concerns, some russian regions cancelled local victory day events. the kremlin will be relieved that the moscow parade passed off without incident, but it wasn t the showcase of military might the russian authorities wanted. steve rosenberg, bbc news. muted victory parade. let s get ukraine s point of view. well earlier my colleague sumi somiskanda spoke to ukraine s ambassador to washington.
his invasion of ukraine has not gone to plan, but he continues to blame the west. translation: today once again civilisation is at - a decisive turning point. a real war has been unleashed against our homeland. we have repulsed international terrorism in the past, now we will protect the people of donbas and we will ensure our security. and security has become a problem in the kremlin. less than a week ago it was attacked by drones. the russian authorities blame ukraine. for these too, the recent string of drone attacks across russia and russian occupied crimea. and bombs targeting railways and power lines. citing security concerns, some russian regions cancelled local victory day events.
it was attacked by drones. the russian authorities blame ukraine. for these as well, the recent string of drone attacks across russia and russian occupied crimea. and bombs targeting railways and power lines. citing security concerns, some russian regions cancelled local victory day events. the kremlin will be relieved that the moscow parade passed off without incident, but it wasn t the showcase of military might the russian authorities wanted. steve rosenberg, bbc news.