Tensions mount in both Kyiv, Moscow ahead of Russia's Victory Day Parade (opens in new tab)

Tensions have been mounting this week ahead of Russia's Victory Day celebrations on May 9, with an apparent uptick in Ukrainian drone attacks prompting a flurry of speculation, ceasefire proposals, and threats of strikes and counterstrikes. What’s happening this weekend? If you take the rhetoric at face value, possibly a Ukrainian strike on Russia's most important parade of the year, and a massive "retaliatory" strike on central Kyiv. Russia observes Victory Day on May 9, a hugely public hol