THE Russia performs today the last rehearsals before the traditional military parade on May 9 in Moscowas part of the celebrations for the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, which will be an occasion for a show of strength in the midst of the war in Ukraine.
Recent years, President Vladimir Putin used this parade to demonstrate the strength of its armed forces, in some cases revealing new state-of-the-art weapons. And this time he is expected to do the same.
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During the rehearsal, paratroopers who took part in the attack in Ukraine paraded in armored vehicles and are therefore expected to be “present” in Monday’s parade, notes the state news agency TASS, as reported by AFP.
This year, though, tanks and Russian troops will parade as usual in the emblematic Red Squarethe mind will be on Ukraine, where Moscow has launched an attack since late February, which called into question the image of its armed forces.
As a result, the military invasion, which many experts predicted would be rapid, has entered its third month and is marked by a series of failures, especially in the logistics sector, notes the French Agency.
After failing outside Kyiv in the face of more mobilized than-expected Ukrainian forces armed by the West, Russia’s general staff had to reconsider its targets and step up its offensive in the east and south of the country.
There is no doubt that Putin, who will deliver a long-awaited speech, would like to forget the loss of the Moskva persecutor. Moscow confirms it sank after a fire broke out in an accident, but Kyiv says its coastal defenses hit it.
As the parade is closely watched by Western capitals, Putin will have a new opportunity to send warnings, as Moscow has repeatedly mentioned the nuclear threat.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the “Apocalypse aircraft”, an Ilyushin Il-80, specially designed to allow the Russian president to continue to rule the country from the air, in case of a nuclear war, will fly over the Red Square.
The parade will involve weapons that could launch nuclear missiles, such as the Iars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile and the Iskander short-range missile system.
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