Umka, the “Hero of the Day” at the Victory Day Military Parade, From Moscow | VIDEO

Due to the cold weather with light snow, the number of spectators was lower than in other years. In addition, prominent guests from abroad were absent. Only the leaders of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Guinea-Bissau and Cuba were present.

Opportunity for Russian state propaganda to quickly turn an animal into a guest star, Bild noted: Umka, Aleksandr Lukashenko’s Pomeranian puppy!

“Umka is on the podium. The dog already has experience of participating in parades, so it is not even on a leash,” the state-run “Kremlin Pool” Telegram channel announced.

The RIA Novosti agency published a photo of the snow-white quadruped.

Then “Majak,” another Kremlin-affiliated Telegram channel, shared a video of several seconds and concluded: “Lukashenko’s puppy,, the hero of the day in Russia.”

@nashaniva Як шпиц Умка паджилў на парад Peramogi ў Maskwe #9мая умка шпиц лукашенко беларускаямова беларусь лукашенкоприколы нашанива ♬ Funny Guy – Parry Music

Lukashenko has been seen with Umka since 2021, be it at sporting events, state visits or military exercises: Umka is therefore also nicknamed “Kampf-Spitz” in Belarus.

Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on Thursday, May 9, with a military parade in Moscow’s Red Square and events in 25 other cities across the country.

Military equipment and 9,000 soldiers paraded in Red Square in front of President Vladimir Putin. More than 70 military equipment were presented at the parade

In his speech, the Kremlin leader said that “Russia’s strategic forces are always ready for battle” and accused “the West of trying to distort the truth about World War II.”

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