Overview
- State television, during Saturday’s Red Square flypast, cut to a computer-made sequence that showed Russian Knights and Swifts jets carrying NATO and EU flags.
- Producers aborted the insert and switched back to live shots of six Su-25s painting the Russian tricolor, and the mistake raced across social media within minutes.
- AIRLIVE and the Mirror called the segment AI-generated, while The Aviationist said it was standard CGI and noted the team’s real Su-30s carry flag decals to mark past foreign performances.
- This year’s Victory Day program dropped tanks and other heavy hardware after the Defence Ministry cited the “current operational situation” and possible Ukrainian attacks.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no threats were detected during the event, yet the broadcast error became the day’s talking point and blunted the intended show of control.