Across more than two decades in power, President Vladimir Putin has worked to turn Russia’s historic World War II memorial event into a celebration of future military glory and global clout. But this year’s Victory Day jamboree only underscores his failure to deliver. The pared-back festivities on May 9 — commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany at the cost of an estimated 27 million Soviet lives — is the clearest sign yet that the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is taking its toll.  “It will be the