Putin Victory Day parade live: Despot denies 'facing coup' as security tightened

NewsWorld newsVladimir PutinLIVEUpdated 1 min agoPutin Victory Day parade live: Despot denies 'facing coup' as security tightenedRussian President Vladimir Putin is hosting a drastically scaled-back Victory Day parade on Red SquareRussian President Vladimir Putin is hosting a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Red Square(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)CommentsNewsWill Stewart Russia Correspondent and Eliana Nunes News ReporterVladimir Putin has reportedly denied he is facing a coup as Russia puts on a drastically scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow. The Kremlin has acknowledged that Putin's security has been tightened around the event but Russian officials have dismissed reports of a plot against the despot as nonsense. The annual parade on Moscow's Red Square to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany will have no military hardware on display due to the "current operational situation", according to the Russian Defence Ministry. It comes as Russia and Ukraine have confirmed they have agreed a three-day ceasefire, brokered by the US. "It is a sign of his growing weakness and the damaging impact of the latest Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia, and rising hostility from his own people," said a Moscow source. "Putin is suddenly vulnerable, even scared and enfeebled. The dictator has blinked first." New UpdatesKey EventsVictory Day is Russia's most important secular holidayView PostToday08:23 BSTUS proposal has made Russia 'enfeebled'Vladimir Putin's sudden acceptance of a US proposal for an extended ceasefire in the war shows him "enfeebled", say sources. Missiles and drones largely - but not completely - stopped flying today on the first of three days of truce brokered by Donald Trump. The US president won the agreement of both Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky for a three day truce after a two-day Kremlin pause in fighting signally failed. It is the first time Putin has agreed to halt the war with outside intervention, as his invasion push is stymied, but Trump denied Putin had pleaded for the pause which will also involve an exchange of 1,000 POWs on each side. "It is a sign of his growing weakness and the damaging impact of the latest Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia, and rising hostility from his own people," said a Moscow source. "Putin is suddenly vulnerable, even scared and enfeebled. The dictator has blinked first." CommentsWill StewartToday08:17 BSTVictory Day is Russia's most important secular holidayVladimir Putin, who has been in power for more than a quarter of a century, has long used Victory Day - Russia’s most important secular holiday - to showcase the country’s military strength and rally support for the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year. But this year, for the first time in nearly two decades, the parade will take place without tanks, missiles and other heavy weapons, aside from a traditional flyover of combat jets. CommentsEliana NunesFollow Daily Mirror:FacebookX (Twitter)TikTokInstagramSnapchatComments‌ ‌ ‌ ‌