8/25/2023 0 Comments Russian victory day parade 2021![]() "People would come out not bearing the portraits of their great-grandfathers," Moscow political activist Elvira Vikhareva wrote in a Facebook post on April 18. "And in this regard, the Immortal Regiment can only cause ideological harm." "The Kremlin is trying to foster a sense that 'we will win', with a smile and laughter, as well as a sense of 'all for the front,'" he told Current Time, a Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA. "What if someone comes out carrying portraits of relatives who were killed in the war against Ukraine? What if hundreds of people do? That would be a shock." asked historian Maksim Kuzakhmetov. Some suggested that carrying portraits of troops killed in the Special Military Operation might have been disruptive. The stirring Regiment of Immortals precession, in which civilians carry portraits of family members killed in wars, was cancelled country-wide. After two drones were attacked the Kremlin a week earlier, security concerns were cited for the cancellation of some two dozen Russian regions cancelling planned parades and fireworks. Russia uses the weapon in a conventional form to carry out attacks against Ukraine.Īs with last year, there was no flyover of airplanes and helicopters, fine weather notwithstanding. Also featured were a bevy of Iskander-M medium-range ballistic missiles that can also carrying a nuclear warhead. The four-warhead missile "has no analogs in the world". In case anyone needed reminding that Russia has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, the pride of the parade was a ponderous procession of a trio of massive 16-wheel transporters for the new RS-24 Yars (SS-27 Mod 2) mobile ICBM. For the first time, the latest Spartak and 3-STS Akhmat armored vehicles took part in the parade. Armored vehicles "Tiger-M", BTR-82A, BMP "Boomerang", launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 "Triumph" and mobile ground missile systems "Yars ". There were no self-propelled guns and new weapons. Not a single modern tank passed through Red Square. Rather than the impressive projection of power of prior year's, this year's military display in Red Square was distinctly anemic - a single T-34, the legendary "tank of Victory" from the Great Patriotic War, and no other heavy armor. Only 8,000 troops paraded in Red Square - the lowest number since 2008. ![]() “A real war has been unleashed against our motherland.” VIP guests were limited to the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. “Today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point,” Putin declared. The May 9th parade on Red Square marked the Soviet Union’s victory over the forces of Hitlerite Fascism World War II in the Great Patriotic War, with such victory proving elusive in the Special Military Operation.
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