President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that the West has unleashed 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a real war바카라 게임 웹사이트� against Russia, reprising a familiar refrain at scaled-down Victory Day celebrations that may reflect the toll the Ukraine conflict is taking on his forces.Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s remarks came just hours after Moscow fired its latest barrage of cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine, which Russia invaded more than 14 months ago. Ukrainian authorities said air defenses destroyed 23 of 25 missiles launched.The Russian leader has repeatedly sought to paint his invasion of Ukraine as necessary to defend against a Western threat. Kyiv and its Western allies say they pose no such threat and that Moscow's war is meant to deter Western influence in a country that Russia considers part of its sphere of influence.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Putin said at the annual commemorations celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�A real war has been unleashed against our motherland.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Putin has often used patriotic rhetoric that harkens back to the earlier war in an effort to rally his citizens and forces 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and May 9 is one of the most important dates in the Russian political calendar. But this year's celebrations were markedly smaller, at least partially because of security concerns after several drone attacks have been reported inside Russia.Some 8,000 troops took part in the parade in Moscow바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Red Square on Tuesday 바카라 게임 웹사이트� the lowest number since 2008. Even the procession in 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured some 13,000 soldiers, and last year, 11,000 troops took part. There was no fly-over of military jets, and the event lasted less than the usual hour.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is weak. There are no tanks,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Yelena Orlova, watching the vehicles rumble down Moscow's Novy Arbat avenue after leaving Red Square. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We바카라 게임 웹사이트�re upset, but that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s all right; it will be better in the future.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The Kremlin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s forces deployed in Ukraine are defending a front line stretching more than 600 miles, presumably thinning the ranks of troops available for such displays.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is supposed to be a showpiece for Russian military might. But so much of that military might has already been mauled in Ukraine that Russia has very little to show on its parade in Red Square," said Keir Giles, a Russia expert at London바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Chatham House think tank.Meanwhile, the traditional Immortal Regiment processions, in which crowds take to the streets holding portraits of relatives who died or served in World War II 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a pillar of the holiday 바카라 게임 웹사이트� were canceled in multiple cities.바카라 게임 웹사이트�That seems to be for fear that those people who have lost their relatives in this current war on Ukraine might actually join the processions and show just the scale of the casualties that Russia has suffered in its current war," Giles said.Russian media counted 24 cities that also scrapped military parades 바카라 게임 웹사이트� another staple of the celebrations 바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the first time in years. Regional officials blamed unspecified 바카라 게임 웹사이트�security concerns바카라 게임 웹사이트� or vaguely referred to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the current situation바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the restrictions and cancelations. It wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t clear whether their decisions were taken in coordination with the Kremlin.Last week, Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin that it called an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied involvement.There was no independent verification of the purported attack, which Russia authorities said occurred overnight but presented no evidence to support it.On a tribune in Red Square, Putin praised soldiers taking part in the war in Ukraine and urged Russians to stand together.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Our heroic ancestors proved that there is nothing stronger, more powerful and more reliable than our unity. There is nothing in the world stronger than our love for the motherland,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Putin said.The guest list was also light amid Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s broad diplomatic isolation over the war. Initially, only one foreign leader was expected to attend this year바카라 게임 웹사이트�s parade 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov. That was one more foreign guest than last year, when no leaders went.At the last minute on Monday, officials announced that the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan would head to Moscow as well.Meanwhile, the Ukrainian air force said in a Telegram post that eight Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from carriers in the Black Sea toward the east and 17 from strategic aircraft.The missiles came hours before European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union바카라 게임 웹사이트�s executive branch, arrived in Kyiv.Von der Leyen urged EU member nations to take measures to prevent countries from helping Russia to circumvent the bloc바카라 게임 웹사이트�s sanctions. The EU has noticed that certain products that have been banned to undermine Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s war effort are still getting through, she said.Von der Leyen did not name the countries, but unusual trade flows through China and Turkey have been on the EU바카라 게임 웹사이트�s radar for some time.Ukraine is keen to join the EU, but membership has many requirements and is still a long way off. Ukraine is also hoping to join NATO, after moving close to the Western military alliance during the war.In the latest help from a NATO member, the U.S. was expected to announce Tuesday that it will provide $1.2 billion more in long-term military aid to Ukraine to further bolster its air defenses.