the Kremlin has said. "All measures are being taken to minimize the danger," said president Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia's military explained that the annual commemorations of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two would not feature military vehicles or cadets due to the "current operational situation". Ukraine has recently intensified its strikes deep inside Russia, more than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion. Kyiv says it is hitting legitimate military targets, and in turn accuses Moscow of attacking civilians in Ukraine. Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that "the Kyiv regime, which is losing ground on the battlefield every day, has now launched into full-scale terrorist activity". "Therefore, given this terrorist threat, all measures are, of course, being taken to minimize the danger", he said, stressing that the parade would still be held on the Red Square. Putin revived the old Soviet practice of parading heavy military hardware in Red Square in 2008 to demonstrate Russia's "growing defence capability". (BBC)