The 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held in

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on 9 May 2022.

Events

Background

The parade was organised to commemorate the 77th anniversary of both the capitulation of

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in the

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in 1945 and the historic

Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 ( rus, Парад Победы, r= Parad Pobedy) also known as the Parade of Victors ( rus, Парад победителей, r= Parad pobediteley) was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces (with the ...

Parade and situation

The parade took place amid the backdrop of

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. The parade was not broadcast on some platforms outside of Russia due to social media boycotts and sanctions in response to the invasion. Within Russia, anti-war slogans appeared on Russian

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as well as on

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, a pro-government news website, on Victory Day. According to the Russian state-owned

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news agency, a number of foreign envoys from the Middle East and Africa attended the ceremony. Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador to Russia from the

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(a pro-Russian breakaway region of Ukraine's Donbas region), addressed the crowd in Red Square.

Speculations

There were some speculations that

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would use the occasion to make a formal declaration of war on Ukraine. However this did not occur throughout the day.

Putin's speech

The Russian president

gave a speech at the parade. The speech did not give any specifics regarding the

, and also did not refer to Ukraine by name in his speech. Putin condemned the Ukrainian government,

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and

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, blaming their alleged aggressive actions for Russia's invasion and saying that NATO and the West was using Ukraine as a

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to attack Russia. He also drew parallels between the current Ukrainian government and that of

, praising Russia's military, saying that present troops were "fighting for the motherland, for her future, and so that nobody forgets the lessons of World War II".

Full order of the 2022 parade

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, Commander-in-Chief of the

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'' (parade commander)

Mobile column

* ''

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'' medium tank * '' GAZ-233114 "Tigr-M"'' infantry mobility vehicle * ''BMP

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'' IFV * ''

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'' infantry fighting vehicle * '' BMP-3'' infantry fighting vehicle * ''

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'' SAM launch system on 5P85SM2-01 transporter-erector launcher * ''

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'' ICBM on 15U175M wheeled transporter-erector launcher * '' Kamaz 53949 Typhoon-K'' light MRAP * '' Tornado-G'' Multiple Rocket Launcher Vehicle * ''

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Air fly-past column

The air fly-past column was ostensibly cut from the 2022 Victory Day Parade due to weather, despite the ground portion of the parade taking place with good visibility and somewhat cloudy skies.

External links

The official website (May Parade)LIVE: Victory parade takes place on Moscow's Red Square (ENGLISH)

References

* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-04-19/russia-s-may-9-victory-day-looms {{2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Moscow Victory Day Parades Events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 in military history 2022 in Moscow May 2022 events in Russia Articles containing video clips Neo-Sovietism Russian nationalism Propaganda in Russia Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia Sanctions and boycotts during the Russo-Ukrainian War