its holy war it is under it that the banner of victory is carried out. the main heroes of the veterans have already taken their places, of course, they are the faces of our victory, many honored guests of this parade are the same age as the century. how much energy do they have? how much wisdom to have the opportunity to communicate with them to hear front-line stories. this is great happiness. parade squads on your screens on red square over 8,000 servicemen 30 parade squads 530 participants in a special military operation. of course, it is on may 9 that you feel, how cyclical the history of the forty-first is, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers. we stood up to protect the whole world from the brown plague, fought the nazis to the death and now our defenders continue their work. today. they are among the participants in the main parade on red

square. now on your screens, kirill is taking his place in the stands. in total about six and a half thousand guests are watching the parade on red square the head of the presidential administration anton prime minister mikhail mishustin next to him the head of the federation council valentina matvienko dmitry medvedev next to him the guests are volunteers, very young guys who help, first of all, our veterans. today, there are several dozen of them at the main celebration in moscow, the patriarch welcomes all the guests. well, right now, uh,

st. george's heraldic hall of the seventeenth palace. we see that the delegations are all together. they leave the first building of the kremlin and go to red square. very soon we will see them in the stands. and again, the moscow river water the platoon tower of the kremlin was on your screens one of the 20 kremlin towers. porado guests in the collection you see a huge number people in the stands, there is literally nowhere for an apple to fall. but this is a camera that is installed directly on the kremlin wall in the inner courtyard of the kremlin every year on may 9, we seem to be transported many, many years ago , we feel the atmosphere that reigned on

the streets of a large country, and konstantin rokossovsky said to the great victory, so this is the greatest happiness for soldier, the consciousness that you helped your people defeat the enemy , defend the freedom of the motherland, return peace to it. victory day is, of course, a family holiday. we remember our heroes, those who are with us and those who lived and remembered. it is, of course, a great honor and a great responsibility for parade participants to parade through red square on your screens. traditionally, the pace of the rhythm is set by the drummers, it is she who leads the parade procession. well, there are also representatives of all types and branches of the armed forces of the branches of the security service of the engineering troops of the troops of radiochemical biological protection. battalions of the signal troops of the military police of the ministry of emergency situations of the russian guard parade

crews of women military personnel, well, in the stands you see, very young guests of the parade of traditional st. george caps ribbons, vyacheslav volodin on your screens. mikhail mishustin, all of them have already taken their places in the stands and are waiting for the start of the main celebration. in the heart of the capital. it's a parade, six minutes and 30 seconds. of course, looking at parade crews one can feel the full power of our armed forces. there is such a profession to protect the homeland, and it was this difficult and noble path that each of them chose. the great patriotic war lasted 1,418 days at night. and today, like every year on may 9, we celebrate the victory of the world in a double

life over death. parade calculations froze. preparatory readiness is already a little more than 5 minutes and 40 seconds left before the start of the parade right now on your screens foreign delegations are leaving the first building of the kremlin here all the foreign guests who arrived in moscow today, someone arrived the day before. well, all of them will watch the main parade today, the honor of victory day is the leaders recall kyrgyzstan tajikistan armenia kazakhstan uzbekistan belarus a large delegation will appear on red square literally in a matter of seconds well, of course, this is the best

confirmation that the shared memory does not know the boundaries of distances. the best confirmation of these words is the number of foreign guests who will watch the parade in moscow today . on your screens. you see right in these seconds. foreign guests are heading to the stands and of course, together with them , russian president vladimir putin just a few minutes ago personally met each guest in the armorial hall. everything will start very soon, about four minutes remain before the start of the parade, well, on your screens , oleg tselikov, commander of the parade. this year

for him the tenth jubilee whom he will command. you must hear, the commanders of the ceremonial calculations report on their readiness. here foreign guests, together with vladimir putin, are already very close to the stands. the leader of the cis is already in the stands, you see them welcoming the guests, who have already taken their places vladimir putin behind him. the leader of kazakhstan

, of course, warm congratulations to the veterans. today they are the main characters of this day. people are old school, you see everything. salute the leaders of the cis and the russian president with a huge number of awards st. george ribbons handshake of course, this time is always very valuable these last minutes before the parade both for veterans and for vladimir putin, you see from them salutes the president everyone shakes hands here they are the faces of our victory, many are already the same age as the century. among the guests there are even veterans who are 100 years old and more than 100, but even today they give us an example of fortitude of patience. and, of course, strength. of course, every

may 9, veterans are surrounded by special attention , warmth, flowers, congratulations, all this, of course. will. well i am one of the main gifts of the grand parade. on red square. the head of state always tries to pay attention to everyone and exchange a few words with veterans. and for them and for the president, these minutes before the parade are of great importance. of course , i want to see the faces, how much wisdom they have experience of fortitude. communicating with them , learning from them is a great value. you see, all the guests of honor have already taken their places before the parade, a little more than a minute putin

is talking with one of the guests of honor. parade on red square is gennady nikolaevich zaitsev, he is 88 years old hero of the soviet union , emomali rahmon has just been on your screens, of course, keeps him in suspense. these shots are invariably may 9, it seems as if only hearts are beating in unison with all the attention on the chimes. listen and see red square