For the first time in nearly two decades, not a single tank rolled across Red Square on Victory Day. No armored columns, no intercontinental missile launchers, no freshly painted infantry fighting vehicles trailing diesel exhaust past the Kremlin walls.

Friday’s parade was the largest since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops ...