Overshadowed by its war once morest Ukraine, 77 years following the end of the Second World War, Russia celebrated the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany with its first military parades in the far east of the country.
On the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, on the island of Sakhalin, in the Pacific city of Vladivostok and in other places, hundreds of military personnel took part in parades commemorating the “Great Patriotic War”.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow published numerous photos today – in Vladivostok the World War II tanks of the type T-34 also drove in the column.
Parade without state guests
Twenty-eight parades were planned across the country, with by far the largest in the capital, Moscow, scheduled for 9:00 a.m. CEST (10:00 a.m. local time). A speech by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, the supreme commander of the Russian armed forces, on Red Square is eagerly awaited. Putin is also likely to comment on the war once morest Ukraine.
This time, no foreign heads of state will be guests at the parade. The inner city, secured by a large contingent of uniformed men, resembled a fortress.
Propaganda for war in Ukraine
During the parade, tanks and other combat technology as well as rockets that can be equipped with nuclear warheads roll across Red Square and through the metropolis. An air show was also planned. Eight fighter jets are said to form the letter Z in the sky, which is the official symbol of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
On May 8, 1945, the Second World War in Europe came to an end with the surrender of the German Wehrmacht. Russia celebrates its most important holiday on May 9th with the “Day of Victory” over Nazi Germany.