[custom_adv] This year marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). In a massive military parade, 13,000 servicemen marched through the Red Square in Moscow along with 159 vehicles and 75 aircraft. [custom_adv] The military parade opened with a speech from Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he praised the role of the Soviet Union during World War II and the valor of its soldiers. [custom_adv] During this year's parade, some of Russia's recently developed weapons were displayed for the first time; for example, the new Su-57 stealth jet fighter, which was developed for air superiority and attack roles, or the BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle. [custom_adv] After the military show, more than one million people took part in the Immortal Regiment march, a patriotic initiative where people march with photos of their family members who fought in World War II. [custom_adv] Here is a look at the most spectacular moments of the Victory Day celebration on the Red Square in Moscow.This year's parade also marked the centennial year since the 1918 foundation of the Red Army. [custom_adv] Originally, for the first time since 2002, cadets from the Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were not to take part in the Victory Day parade in Moscow, while EMERCOM detachments continued to march past in other major parades nationwide, however, the decision was rescinded. [custom_adv] New military vehicles in the parade include the BMPT Terminator A pair of Russia’s 5th-generation Su-57 fighter jets flew for the first time over Red Square during the Victory Parade, together with 2 Mig-31s armed with Kindral air-to-surface missles. [custom_adv] For the 3rd consecutive year, marching past on Red Square will be a composite ceremonial female battalion from the Military University of the Ministry of Defense, the Military Academy of Material and Technical Support, and the Military Space Academy. [custom_adv] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić were both present during the Victory Day Parade 2018 on Red Square as the main foreign guests . [custom_adv] Beginning in December 2017, preparations for the parade were well attended at the unit level. Individual unit practices were held in the various military installations for all the participating units in the national and local parades. [custom_adv] Unit practices within Moscow Oblast itself started in early March in the Alabino field and other locations before the full-blown parade practice run-throughs for all the participating units will commence later in the month. [custom_adv] The annual parade marks the Allied victory in World War II on the Eastern Front, on the same day as the signing of the German act of capitulation to the Allies in Berlin, at midnight of 9 May 1945 (Russian time). [custom_adv] President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin delivered his fifteenth holiday address to the nation after the parade inspection presided over by Minister of Defense General of the Army Sergey Shoygu. This year's parade also marked the centennial year since the 1918 foundation of the Red Army. [custom_adv] The 2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade that took place in Red Square in Moscow on 9 May 2018 to commemorate the 73rd year anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.
