- 9 May 2015
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In Moscow, began a parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. This is one of the largest events of this kind, it involved 16,000 troops, more than 190 units of land equipment and aircraft and 143 helicopters.
The parade started with the music Alexandrov “Holy War” – in front of the stands with veterans carried the flag of victory and the Russian flag.
The parade takes Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. After a detour Minister ceremonial payments to give a speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On the Red Square will be thousands of war, and for the first time will feature some of the latest models of military equipment.
The military parades and solemn processions have already been in the Far East. The parades in Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Belogorsk, Ussuriysk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky involved about 10 thousand people, more than 300 pieces of weapons and military equipment and 17 aircraft and helicopters, six ships of the Pacific Fleet.
Then a parade was held in Novosibirsk, and at 8:00 razdnovaniya began in Yekaterinburg and Tyumen. An hour before the main action in Moscow parade starts in Samara and St. Petersburg.
In Moscow, attended by more than 20 heads of state, however, the leaders of many countries have decided not to participate in the parade because of the role of Russia in the Ukrainian crisis .
Russia denies statements by Western countries that Moscow is arming breakaway force DNI and LC. More than six thousand people have died since the beginning of the conflict in April 2014.
Show of Strength
On the Red Square military marching across the country, some – in the form of during the Second World War. It is expected that over the main square of the country will fly more than 100 military aircraft and helicopters.
Victory Parade was preceded by several rehearsals. The most discussed “premiere” of this parade has become a high-tech T-14 “Armata” with automatic weapon station, and further secure the capsule for the crew. During the final rehearsal of the tank, as the witnesses said, decayed, but its producers claimed that this was due to the excitement of the crew.
Among the other most anticipated arms – intercontinental ballistic missile PC-24 “yars”, which is a further development of the complex “Topol M” and has three warheads.
At present the head of the parade of China Xi Jinping, head of India Pranab Mukrdzhi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
As a sign of closer ties established between Moscow and Beijing after the introduction of sanctions against Russia Red Square for the first time the Chinese military convoy will pass.
Smaller-scale parades will be held in other cities, including Sevastopol Russia annexed the Crimea over a year ago.
The tanks also will pass through the streets of Donetsk and Lugansk controlled by armed supporters of the NPT and the LC.
“Parade of cynicism”
United States, Australia, Canada and most European Union countries are boycotting the celebrations in Russia due alleged involvement of Russia in the Ukrainian crisis.
On Friday, Poland held an alternative commemoration event for the leaders, who refused to go to Moscow.
Events in Gdansk was visited by presidents of several countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Ukraine. Ban Moon also took part in the ceremonies in Gdansk.
Speaking in Poland, Poroshenko said that in the XXI century are repeated events that have been in history.
“Crimes, which, despite most brutal lessons are repeated today, in the XXI century, which appear in the aggression against my country – Ukraine “, – said the president.
The Ukrainian leader described the celebration in Moscow on Saturday,” the parade of cynicism “.
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