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AUSTRALIA PERSPECTIVE
MOSCOW CELEBRATES MAY 9 WITHOUT TANKS OR PLANES: PUTIN'S REDUCED PARADE REVEALS A RUSSIA AT WAR
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DOMINANT ANGLE
Australia: Moscow orders the evacuation of the Australian embassy — the parade viewed from within a zone of tension
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ANALYSIS
Australia: May 9, 2026 has particular resonance for Canberra. The Kremlin had ordered the Australian embassy in Kyiv to evacuate before the commemorations — a measure applied to several Western embassies, signaling genuine fear of retaliation or incidents. The ABC covers the parade with this backdrop: a Russia celebrating its 1945 victory while being anxious enough to impose the evacuation of foreign diplomats from the Ukrainian capital. Australia, an ally of Ukraine within its alignment with Western democracies, perceives the parade as an ambiguous signal: Moscow wants to project strength but acts from fear.
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