Putin May Show Next Move in Victory Day Speech: Weekend Reads
Russian servicemen take part in a rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 4.
Photographer: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
President Vladimir Putin may divulge his next steps in the invasion of Ukraine on Monday when he is due to speak at Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.
By most Western accounts, the offensive isn’t going well for Moscow, with its forces making slow progress and taking heavy casualties in a grinding conflict and NATO allies pushing to send state-of-the-art weapons to Kyiv.