Ρωσία: Γιγαντιαία παρέλαση για τα 70 χρόνια από τη νίκη κατά του ναζισμού...70 for Victory: Armata tanks, nuclear bombers, intl boots in Moscow for V-Day
Με τη μεγαλύτερη παρέλαση της ιστορίας στην Κόκκινη Πλατεία της Μόσχας η Ρωσία γιόρτασε την 70ή επέτειο από τη νίκη των Συμμάχων επί του ναζιστικού Άξονα.
Την παρέλαση των 16.000 έφιππων και πεζοπόρων, των 200 τεθωρακισμένων αρμάτων και των 250 μαχητικών ελικοπτέρων επιθεώρησε ο Ρώσος υπουργός Άμυνας Σεργκέι Σόιγκου, ο οποίος έδωσε τη σκυτάλη της τελετής στον Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν, ο οποίος απηύθυνε διάγγελμα.
«Αυτή η μεγάλη νίκη θα αποτελεί για πάντα ένα ηρωικό κεφάλαιο στην ιστορία της χώρας μας. Όμως θυμόμαστε και τους συμμάχους μας στον αντιχιτλερικό συνασπισμό. Νιώθουμε ευγνωμοσύνη απέναντι στους λαούς της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας, της Γαλλίας και των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών για τη συνδρομή τους στη νίκη», τόνισε μεταξύ άλλων ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος, ο οποίος δεν παρέλειψε να κατακρίνει τις δυτικές χώρες, καταγγέλλοντας τις προσπάθειές τους, όπως είπε, για ανατροπή των γεωπολιτικών ισορροπιών.
Ο Πούτιν πλαισιώθηκε από περίπου 30 επικεφαλής κρατών. Οι σημαντικότεροι ήταν ο Κινέζος πρόεδρος Σι Τζινπίνγκ και ο Ινδός Πρανάμπ Μουκχέρτζι.
Ο μοναδικός Ευρωπαίος ηγέτης που μετέβη στη Μόσχα ήταν ο Τσέχος πρόεδρος Μίλος Ζέμαν, ο οποίος, όμως παρέστη μόνο στην κατάθεση στεφάνου και όχι στην παρέλαση.
Η τελετή υπήρξε μια επίδειξη στρατιωτικής ισχύος της Μόσχας. Παραδοσιακά, στις εκδηλώσεις της 9ης Μαΐου η Μόσχα παρουσιάζει τα τελευταία τεχνολογικά επιτεύγματα του ρωσικού στρατού. Ωστόσο φέτος έστειλε σαφές μήνυμα ότι η ρωσική πολεμική μηχανή παραμένει σε εγρήγορση.
Η εκδήλωση ολοκληρώθηκε με τους ηγέτες να αποτίουν φόρο τιμής σε όσους έδωσαν τη ζωή τους στον πόλεμο κατά του ναζισμού, καταθέτοντας στεφάνι στο μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη, μπροστά από το Κρεμλίνο.
Η Γερμανίδα καγκελάριος Άνγκελα Μέρκελ θα μεταβεί την Κυριακή στη Μόσχα, προκειμένου να συναντηθεί με τον Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν και να καταθέσει κι εκείνη στεφάνι.
Την Ελληνική Δημοκρατία εκπροσώπησε στους εορτασμούς του Σαββάτου η Πρόεδρος της Βουλής Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου.
70 for Victory: Armata tanks, nuclear bombers, intl boots in Moscow for V-Day
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On Saturday Russia is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the victory
in World War II. The biggest part is the military parade in Moscow’s
Red Square, a grand event involving newest hardware at the army’s
disposal.
The parade opened with solemn carrying of two flags, that of
Russia and the historic banner that was raised over the Reichstag
building back in 1945 to declare that it was taken by the Red
Army.
Troops from all arms of the service were lined up on Red Square.
Those include young cadets from Suvorov military school and
visiting foreign troops from 10 countries. Inspecting the ranks,
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to President Vladimir
Putin, who is Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armed forces,
that the troops are ready for the parade to start.
A minute of mourning followed to commemorate victims of the war:
soldiers killed in battles, members of resistance movements,
prisoners of deaths camps, civilians who perished to the
hardships of sieges and wartime.
Cannon fire and Russia’s national anthem sounded just before the
troops started their march across Red Square. A military band was
the first unit to start the marching. Soldiers wearing historic
uniforms, including cavalry on horseback marched and rode across.
Following them were foreign visitors of the event.
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
India, Mongolia, Serbia and China all sent their soldiers to
participate in the Moscow parade.
Officers-in-training from various cadet schools followed. One of
the units came from an all-female cadet school, which contributed
to a V-Day parade for the first time. Academy officers, the
high-ranking military teachers, commanders, senior technicians
and defense researchers, came next.
Representatives from the Ground Forces, the Air Forces, the Navy,
the Marines, the Strategic Missile Forces, the Air and Space
Defense Forces, the Air Defense Forces, the Airborne Troops
marched one by one across the Red Square, standing for all
regular arms and branches of the Russian armed forces.
Military specialists from troops involved in railroad
transportation and biochemical warfare were followed by troops
not under Defense Ministry command: Interior troops, Emergencies
Ministry troops and Border Service guards marched.
Just like the march past, historic pieces of armor like legendary
T-34 tanks opened the hardware demonstration.
Tigr and Kornet D armored vehicles were the first hardware
currently in service rolled out then. Next came infantry fighting
vehicles and armored personnel carriers.
Advanced BMD 4M and Rakushka vehicles came next. The newest APCs,
Kurganets, of the airborne troops were demonstrated for the first
time during the parade.
Another novelty, Armata chassis-based heavy APCs, has been making
headlines since the beginning of the year.
T90A main battle tanks, one of the newest in the Russian army,
came next.
Their successor, Armata-based T-14 tanks, which will become the
backbone of the Russian armored forces, rolled through the
square.
Then Msta-S self-propelled artillery paraded across Red Square.
Following them were the modern Koalitsia pieces.
Now it was the turn of heavy weapons. A unit armed with
Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles demonstrated their weapons
followed by launchers and radar stations of the Tor-2U air
defense system.
Pantsir-S dual cannon and missile air-defense vehicles rolled
onto Red Square.
The S-400 Triumf, Russia’s most-advanced long-range defense
system, which has no equal in the world now, came next.
The ‘shield’ part progressed into the ‘sword’ component. Yars
nuclear ICBM missile mobile launchers are a crucial component of
Russia’s future nuclear deterrence.
Bumerang armored vehicles, another firstcomers in the Russian
armed forces were the final part of the ground demonstration.
Tu-160M, the most advanced Russian strategic bomber, zoomed over
the heads. Piloting it was the commander of the Russian Air
Forces, Gen. Viktor Bondarev.
Strategic bombers Tu-95 followed the plane.
There came Mi-8 transport helicopters, Ansat-U training
helicopters, Mi-35M strike helicopters, K-52 Alligator
helicopters, Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopters with Berkut
aerobatic pilots at helm.
The gargantuan An 124-100 Ruslan transporter was followed shortly
by three Il-76 heavy transport planes.
After the transport aircraft came the bombers. Three Tu-95 MS
strategic bombers, the legendary nuclear-capable supersonic
Bears, flew by.
Three Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic bombers followed.
Two Su-34 and two Su-24 ground attack planes did the trick
simultaneously in pairs from two Il-78 ‘flying tankers’. A pair
of MiG-31 fighter jets appeared.
Advanced MiG-29SMT fighters and Su-34 fighter-bombers were
followed by Su-24M ground attack planes and MiG-31 heavy
interceptors. Then flew five Su-25SMs and a wing formation of
Su24s, Su-27s and MiG-29s, totaling 10 aircraft.
Pilot groups Vityaz and Strizh demonstrated their famous
diamond-shaped formation. They piloted five Su-27s and four
MiG-29s flying them in a tight pack and shooting flares.
A group of six Su-27 colored the sky in white, blue and red smoke
of the Russian flag to close the aerial demonstration.
Ending the parade was another live performance by the military
band. World leaders attending the event then went to lay flowers
to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a war monument in central
Moscow. Celebration of the anniversary continued throughout
Russia, with spectacular fireworks scheduled for evening. πηγη
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