Impressive moments in the Victory Day parade

At exactly 10:00 Moscow time (14:00 Vietnam time), the parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of Victory Day began at Red Square in the Russian capital Moscow.

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At Red Square, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov inspected the parade and received a report from the parade commander, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

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The Russian Defense Minister and the Commander of the Russian Army reviewed the formation of armed forces participating in the parade.

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Russian Defense Minister inspects parade formation

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov reported the results of the inspection to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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President Putin delivered a speech before the parade, praising the Great Patriotic War and paying tribute to those who died in the war.

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As President Putin finished his speech, thousands of soldiers shouted "Ura" in unison, and cannons rang out to the Russian national anthem.

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After the guard of honor, the Russian parade units began to enter the podium under the command of General Oleg Salyukov.

The parade began with the cadets of the Moscow Military Music School. Next came the honor guard carrying the flag and Russian soldiers representing the Soviet Red Army in the Great Patriotic War. Then came the wartime pilots.

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Russian servicemen in historical uniforms march in a column during the Victory Day parade in Red Square.

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Following the formation representing the Soviet Red Army, foreign military blocs, representing the armies of 13 countries, began to parade across the stage.

Azerbaijan's parade bloc took the lead, followed by Belarus. Following were the parade blocs of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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The Vietnam People's Army bloc marched through the stage with 68 soldiers. They marched in an 8-8 formation, groups of 3 carrying the military flag. The leader of the bloc was Lieutenant Colonel Pham Khac Gia.

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The Vietnam People's Army delegation passed the podium

China's parade bloc was the largest with 120 people.

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After the parade of soldiers from 13 countries were groups of students from Russian military academies and universities training officers.

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Forces from the Russian military and arms marched past the podium in Red Square.

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The Russian military units marched past the podium.

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Female soldiers parade in Red Square.

Russian soldiers parade on Red Square

The military units spent a lot of time practicing before the official parade.

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More than 11,000 Russian and foreign servicemen took part in this year's Victory Day parade.

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Smiles of soldiers during the parade in Red Square.

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Following the Russian military mass, mechanized formations advanced across the platform.

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Leading the mechanized parade were T-34-85 medium tanks and Su-100 self-propelled guns.

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At this year's parade, the Russian army displayed its top modern weapons in service such as light armored vehicles BTR-82A, Tigr, ZA-SPN TITAN, Typhoon-K53949 Phoenix,... infantry fighting vehicles Kurganets-25, BMP-1AM, BMP-2M and BMP-3, main battle tanks T-72B3M, T-80BVM and T-90M.