A third victory parade with no victory

Snow falls on the victory parade in Moscow earlier today (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images) We have now reached the third ‘victory day’ of this war. Once again Vladimir Putin has presided over the annual military parade that marks the end of the ‘Great Patriotic War’ in May 1945. This day was endowed with added significance after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine because of the contrast between the heroic achievements and sacrifices of 1941-45 and this miserable and calamitous spe