Putin has re-introduced a number of Soviet traditions, including the display of large military hardware at the main Victory Day parades he has also embraced the so-called “immortal regiment” marches, in which citizens join mass processions with portraits of their ancestors who fought in World War II. Over the last 20 years, the Victory Day parade has grown in pomp and scale. It cannot be underestimated just how important the cult of Victory Day has been to Putin’s propaganda and the legitimacy of his regime. There are two reasons for this: First, the Russian president cast his war on Ukraine as a continuation of the just fight honoured on Victory Day, but failed to maintain this fallacy and second, the failure of his unjust and bloody war is allowing Ukraine and other Eastern European countries to reclaim the narrative of victory in World War II. In 2022, the air parade over Moscow’s Red Square was cancelled due to bad weather.Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 597 list 2 of 4 IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee over sport bodies in Ukraine list 3 of 4 Russia’s Putin makes rare visit to Kyrgyzstan despite ICC arrest warrant list 4 of 4 Three killed in Russia as debris from downed Ukrainian drone destroys homes end of listīut Victory Day celebrations this year highlight how Putin’s cult has laid the groundwork for its own defeat. In 2021, the number of aircraft flying over Moscow’s Red Square during the May 9 Victory Day Parade was increased to 76. In 2020, the May 9 military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War was rescheduled for June 24 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the parade’s airborne part involved 75 aircraft and helicopters. The air parade over Moscow’s Red Square did not take place this year.Īfter the final column of military hardware rolled through Moscow’s Red Square, the consolidated military band returned to the square’s center and completed the military parade by performing the song Pobeda (Victory). Spartak and 3-STS-Akhmat armored vehicles took part in the military parade for the first time. The military parade’s mechanized column also involved Tigr-M armored vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, Bumerang infantry fighting vehicles, Iskander-M tactical missile systems, S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile systems and Yars road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers. A legendary T-34 tank traditionally led the mechanized column at the Victory Day Parade. This year, the infantry column comprised 30 parade units. This year, Russia’s Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square involved over 8,000 troops, including 530 fighters of the special military operation in Ukraine, and more than 100 items of military hardware. Presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Alexander Lukashenko, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Sadyr Japarov, Emomali Rahmon, Serdar Berdimuhamedow and Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square.ĭefense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu reviewed the military parade commanded by Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg Salyukov. Russian President Vladimir Putin, war veterans and guests watched the parade from the central reviewing stand on Red Square. The Victory Banner was hoisted over the Reichstag by soldiers of the Soviet 150th Idritsa rifle division in May 1945. The parade began with the march of the Honor Guard’s banner group carrying the Russian national flag and the legendary Victory Banner across Red Square. TASS/. A military parade to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War took place on Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday.
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