Dossier
Navy Day
Coverage of Navy Day in the Nexus archive.
- Russia replaced its once-grand Navy Day parade with a shipless event and a giant poster of a submarine
Russia replaced its traditional Navy Day parade with a scaled-down event featuring posters of warships due to security concerns over Ukrainian drone threats. Vladimir Putin attended the 2026 event in St. Petersburg, where no actual ships were displayed, and the Kremlin cited 'security reasons' for the cancellation.