Standing on Red Square, this was an intimidating sight, which felt much more like a celebration of war rather than peace. I could feel the ground shake as the tanks rolled past, their caterpillar tracks on the ancient cobbles providing a deafening clatter. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up in fear as the phalanxes of troops roared "Hurrah" in response to their commander in chief. And the sight of combat drones being paraded on their launchers was actually quite sickening. Weapons that have been at the forefront of Russia's invasion of Ukraine were paraded in a...