On the eve of May 9, the city is festively decorated. The largest celebration of Victory Day will traditionally be held in Moscow. Also, the 5th generation Su-57 fighters and the strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS and Tu-160 "White Swan" paired with the "air tanker" Il-78 will take part in the air show.Īnd finally, nine aircraft of the Russian Knights and Swifts aerobatic teams will line up in the Cuban Diamond combination, and six Su-25 attack aircraft will paint the sky in the colours of the Russian flag.Īll flights are performed at an altitude of 180 to 550 metres and a speed of 200 to 550 km/h. In the sky, Muscovites and guests of the capital will see the Il-80 air control centre, which is also known as the Doomsday Aircraft. The first in the mechanised column of the Victory Parade on May 9 will be the legendary T-34 tank. It is a massive civil event where people walk in a procession holding banners, placards, etc, to remember those who laid down their lives in WWII. THE IMMORTAL REGIMENT MARCHĪfter the Victory Day Parade in Red Square, the Bessmertniy Polk or the ‘The Immortal Regiment’ march takes place across major cities in Russia. In total, 11,000 people, 131 units of industrial and special equipment and 77 aircraft and helicopters will take part in the parade. According to information published on Friday by Russia’s defense ministry, there will be only 129 military vehicles and 10,000 personnel this year, as compared to 191 military vehicles and about 12,000 military personnel in 2021. "The memory of victory, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War, is the glue of the nation, binding together the most diverse of ages and social groups,” Andrey Kolesnikov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center, wrote Wednesday in an op-ed for The Moscow Times.While the number of planes expected to take part in the Moscow flypast is slightly higher than last year, media reports suggest that the numbers of infantry and equipment are lower. is estimated to have suffered around 415,000 casualties. An estimated 27 million Soviet citizens died in World War II, dwarfing the losses sustained by U.S. The holiday, however, evokes strong emotions in a country where almost every family lost someone during the war. The marches are a recent innovation, first held on a large scale in 2015, and some critics have accused the Kremlin of co-opting what was initially a grassroots movement into a propaganda exercise. Hundreds of thousands of people across Russia also took part in the so-called ‘Immortal Columns,’ huge processions of marchers holding up placards with photographs of their relatives killed in the war. This year's showcase included Russia’s new Armata tanks as well its S400 anti-aircraft missiles. The parade, which celebrated the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, featured 13,000 troops and 130 pieces of military equipment, from WWII-era T34 tanks to massive Yars ICBM carriers.Ī Soviet-era tradition that Putin revived early in his presidency after a pause following the Soviet Union’s collapse, the parade also shows off some of Russia’s most advanced military hardware. In his address to the crowd, Putin pledged to strengthen Russia's armed forces. He was photographed there warmly embracing his childhood schoolteacher, Vera Gurevich. Putin watched thousands of troops and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles as they passed through Red Square, before hosting a reception at the Kremlin where he showed a softer side. Moscow - Russia marked its annual national Victory Day holiday Thursday with the usual large military parade overseen by President Vladimir Putin, as well as huge commemorative processions that have recently become a feature of the event.
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