In Moscow was held a parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the victory – BBC Russian

• 9 May 2015

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Parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory was held in Moscow. he became one of the biggest events of this kind, there were 16 thousand soldiers, more than 190 units of land equipment and aircraft and 143 helicopters.

He took hits Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. After a detour Minister ceremonial speech settlements with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who thanked the allies and urged them to be vigilant.

In his speech, Putin also called “Hitler’s gamble” terrible lesson for the entire world community, and recalled that 30s enlightened Europe did not immediately see the threat of Nazism. And after 70 years, he said, “the story once again appealing to our reason and our vigilance”.

Moscow parade on Red Square – the culmination of celebrations

He added that Russia is grateful to the allies, the people of Britain and the United States, France, for their contribution to the victory and – anti-fascists of various countries, including Germany itself.

However, the Russian leader did not fail to note that the “basic principles of cooperation in the past decades have been increasingly ignored,” and urged the audience to ensure equal security for all states, which is impossible in a unipolar world.

After 70, after the war ended in live there are not many veterans

After a moment of silence, Putin congratulated and thanked the veterans.

Across the country

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.

Then, on Red Square have been thousands of war, including several new models of military equipment.

Earlier, military parades and solemn processions were held in the Far East and Siberia. 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.

First Victory Day celebrated Far East

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 started 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 marched across the country, some – in the form of during the Second World War. Above it flew 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.

On May 7 repetiitsii parade confusion occurred: the tank stalled, although manufacturers have stated that throughout guilty thrill the driver

In the Victory Parade tanks drove through the area without incident

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 the parade attended by the Specifically, the head 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 A column Chinese the military.

Smaller scale parades were also held in other cities, including Sevastopol Russia annexed the Crimea over a year ago.

The tanks were also on the streets of Donetsk and Lugansk, controlled by armed supporters of the NPT and LC. Parade in Donetsk took the self-proclaimed head of the People’s Republic of Donetsk Alexander Zakharchenko.

“Parade of cynicism”

United States, Australia, Canada and most European Union countries are boycotting the celebrations in Russia because of the alleged involvement of Russia in the Ukrainian crisis.

Before the parade in Moscow was a series of rehearsals

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 Ki-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.

“The crimes that, despite the most cruel 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. “