US EditionRussia Hosts 80th Victory Day Parade with Record Foreign Leaders and Xi Jinping
- Russia held a Victory Day parade on May 9, 2025, in Moscow's Red Square marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II.
- The parade reflected Russia's effort to project strength and counter Western isolation amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, with notable international attendance.
- The procession involved more than 11,500 military personnel and upwards of 180 pieces of equipment, such as tanks, armored infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery deployed in Ukraine, along with nuclear-capable Yars missile launchers and drones mounted on trucks.
- President Vladimir Putin praised troops fighting in Ukraine as "courageous" and highlighted allies like North Korea and Slovakia, while a separate tribunal was endorsed in Lviv to prosecute Russian war crimes.
- The celebrations coincided with a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire declared by Putin, overshadowed by Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and resulting airport disruptions and Russian reprisals in Ukraine.
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Russia marks Victory over Nazis while still invading Ukraine
Flanked by the Chinese president Xi Jinping and generals from North Korea, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin has presided over the annual Victory day parade in Moscow's Red Square - the country's biggest display of military might.
The Grand Theatre has tanks, cafeteria waiters in pilots, dummies in clothing stores, and Moscow's georgian ribbons celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Victory.
The first meeting of the committee to organize the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin, was held on 15 January. "Formalism, the race for numbers is totally unacceptable. Memory is first and foremost a matter of action", Putin stressed. The political technologists and regional officials were already telling "Meduze" that, as in previous years, during the celebrations of 9 May, the authorit…
Russia celebrates 80th anniversary of Victory Day with grand parade
NewsFeedRussia marked the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany with a grand parade in Moscow’s Red Square, attended by over 20 foreign leaders. The Victory Day spectacle, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday.Published On 9 May 20259 May 2025 Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post Russia celebrates 80th anniversary of Victory Day with grand parade appeared first on RocketNews.
Russia stages massive victory day parade, Putin hails troops in Ukraine as foreign leaders attend
Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, along with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić, joined President Vladimir Putin for the
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