American, British, French, Polish and Ukrainian troops marched alongside

It's hard to believe now, but  American, British, French, Polish and Ukrainian troops marched alongside their Russian counterparts  in Moscow's Red Square in 2010 to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War  II.
Vladimir Putin watched  as NATO troops  joined the May 9 military parade alongside German and Chinese leaders. Dmitry Medvedev, then Russia's president, spoke of a  shared desire to  preserve peace.
Fast-forward to 2025,  nearly three years  after Russia began its war  with Ukraine, and  Putin is preparing to host the 80th anniversary parade. He invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to join him  in Red Square — and Xi  accepted. Will Putin invite US President Donald  Trump too? And  will Trump  go?
The temptation would be  strong.
Trump is preparing to push Russia and Ukraine  to quickly reach an agreement to end the  war and yesterday hailed Putin's release of an American as evidence of Russian "goodwill." Success before May 9 would  allow him  to go to Moscow as the president who restored peace  to Europe.
Putin may have bigger plans in mind. He has long sought  to modernize the 1945 Yalta agreement, when the Big  Three, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D.  Roosevelt, met in Crimea and  defined spheres of influence in  post-war Europe.
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Putin last year  promoted a  "new Eurasian security system" stretching from Europe to China. With Xi and Trump in Moscow,  he would have  the opportunity to form a new  big three of  strong leaders. Trump wants Greenland,  Canada, and the Panama Canal in the  Western Hemisphere. Xi  Jinping wants to control Taiwan and the South China Sea. Putin  wants to restore Russia's dominance  in Europe and  its superpower status lost with the  collapse of the Soviet  Union.
Trump says he gets  along well with Xi  Jinping and  Putin and  that a pact to  strengthen global security  would appeal to  all.
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This would also  instill fear  in many of  America's democratic allies in Europe and Asia.  - Toni Halpin

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