Hello, it's 1,168 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Vitaly on Friday, it is Victory Day in Russia, a big day for many people there.

What is it? Why does it matter?

It is a huge deal. It's basically a key pillar on which state ideology rests and it celebrates

the Soviet victory in the Second World War, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia.

In perfect order, the mass might of the Red Army passes in review through the historic square still marked by Nazi bombs.

And the Kremlin is exploiting it or has been exploiting it for years to justify its current policies.

And basically the message is, Russians, you've got to finish the job started by your heroic forefathers and smite our enemies once and for all, no matter the cost.

There is a picture of a newborn baby at a hospital in Russia wearing a hat. Is that relevant to the way Russian people celebrate? Oh yes. When the 9th of May, Victory Day, approaches, memories of the great victory are everywhere. You can't escape it. And sometimes, well, under Vladimir Putin, the whole

celebration has assumed cult-like dimensions. And some manifestations of it are unusual, if not

bizarre. Militarization starts early.

And what you just described is an example of how early it starts.

It's a newborn baby wearing a World War II or Great Patriotic War style hat with a red star, hammer and sickle.

And that's how this hospital in Kemerova in Russia celebrates the great victory, dressing newborn babies in wartime uniforms.

Then there are prams, styled as tanks, taxis with tank turrets on them made of plastic or plasterboard or whatever.

That's how pervasive it is.

And of course, it raises eyebrows.

As we record at lunchtime on Tuesday afternoon in the UK, there's been a trading of attacks

between Russia and Ukraine, hasn't there?

Business as usual, or war as usual.

In Ukraine, at least four people have been killed.

There have been strikes on Odessa in the south, Kharkiv, in the northeast,

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