Putin scrapped Victory Day flypast at the last minute ‘because he feared a strike from the air’

Vladimir Putin scrapped his Victory Day flypast at the last minute because ‘he was afraid of an aerial strike’, it has been claimed.

The military parade was scheduled to include 77 planes in the display of military might over Moscow’s Red Square yesterday.

Among the planes were his ‘Doomsday’ Ilyushin Il-80 which allows the Kremlin leader to continue ruling Russia during a nuclear war.

But Putin pulled the plug on the flypast abruptly before the parade, blaming poor weather. 

Airshows were also aborted or curtailed in at least ten other cities.

The military parade was scheduled to include 77 planes in the display of military might over Moscow’s Red Square yesterday…