Tatiana Kireeva, journalist at Aftonbladet, sees a shift in President Putin's rhetoric that is used in honor of the day. "Putin's message was: now we will defeat an enemy, and the enemy is the collective West," she tells SVT Kulturnyheterna.

This year's celebration was, according to Western media, more toned down than in previous years. The air show they usually have every year did not exist this year, she says.