(9 May 2025)
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Moscow – 9 May 2025
1. Various of military parade, servicemen with flags marching
2. Mid of servicemen with guns
3. Close up of Soviet flag, pull out
4. People watching
5. Various of Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov greeting military
6. Various of servicemen in WWII uniform marching
7. Wide of Belarusian servicemen marching
8. Close up of Chinese flag
9. Wide of Chinese servicemen marching
10. Wide of Laotian servicemen marching
11. Various of Myanmar servicemen marching
12. People watching
13. Various of female soldiers marching
14. Screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin
15. Various of tanks driving
16. People watching
17. Pan of trucks with drones driving
18. Wide of Yars intercontinental ballistic missile
19. Various of fighter jets flying over Red Square
20. Wide of officials leaving
21. Close up of Xi walking and waving
22. People watching
23. Pan of Putin walking, people chanting (Russian) “Russia! Russia!”
STORYLINE:
Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square and welcomed over two dozen world leaders — the most since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.
Victory Day, which Russia marks on May 9, is the country’s most important secular holiday. The parade and other festivities underline Moscow’s efforts to project its global power and cement the alliances it has forged while seeking a counterbalance to the West amid the conflict in Ukraine that is grinding through a fourth year.
Friday’s parade was the largest since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and drew the most global leaders to Moscow in a decade, including high-profile guests like Chinese President Xi Jinping, who sat next to Putin, and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Their attendance underscored how Putin has tried to emphasize the failure of the West to turn Russia into a global pariah.
World War II is a rare event in the nation’s divisive history under Communist rule that is revered by all political groups, and the Kremlin has used that sentiment to encourage national pride and underline Russia’s position as a global power.
The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in what it calls the Great Patriotic War in 1941-45, an enormous sacrifice that left a deep scar in the national psyche.
Addressing the crowd in Red Square, Putin praised Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, saying that “we are proud of their courage and determination, their spiritual force that always has brought us victory.”
Putin, who has ruled Russia for 25 years, has turned Victory Day into a key pillar of his tenure and has tried to use it to justify his actions in Ukraine.
The parade featured over 11,500 troops and more than 180 military vehicles, including tanks, armored infantry vehicles and artillery used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
As a reminder of Russia’s nuclear might, huge Yars nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile launchers rolled across Red Square.
Fighter jets from the Russian air force’s aerobatic teams flew by in close formation, followed by jets that trailed smoke in the colors of the national flag.
Victory Day festivities this year were overshadowed by Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow and severe disruptions at the capital’s airports.
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