phew, actually it could have ended much worse. hello live ntv special issue, which is dedicated to one of the most important holidays in our country - victory day. may 9 holds a special place in the hearts of millions of people. today. we say to all our heroes. thank you for celebrating the seventy -eighth anniversary of the victory with concerts and festive events taking place all over the country . our channel will show it live, the broadcast will also be available in ntv accounts on the rutik and on

the ntv.ru website, and right now we will be transferred to red square where our correspondent edmund zheltunov edmund is working at this moment, well, first of all, i want to congratulate you on the holiday. tell me what's going on around. what atmosphere prevails in the stands, good morning, and you and all viewers, of course, we also congratulate you on victory day. well, the atmosphere on red square. today is just a holiday. the bright sun pecked, but this holiday, as they say in such cases, is really with tears in their eyes, because, unfortunately, every year fewer veterans find the strength to get to red square and see the main parade of the country live with their own eyes and through easy calculations . it can be restored that if they went to the front at the age of 16 or even at the age of seventeen, then today they should be at least 90 years old, and many much more, and today we are celebrating the seventy-eighth anniversary of the great victory patriotic war and right now we have the opportunity to listen to the heroes of the war the workers of the home front are those who celebrate this

holiday. and with what emotions they meet him. pride has nowhere to put it for russia for putin for everything for russia of course, my god, everything that is done, i'm going through, great holiday. we are very happy that, first of all, we are here. this is one, and secondly, it means that i personally have such exactly memories, there, in my opinion, 50 years ago should be counted. from that corner, there stood in the ranks of nakhimov, and three once i went to the moscow parade when i studied at the nakhimov school, so for me it is several times more majesties- memories well, now a little more about what will happen here on red square in a few minutes. we are now on the so-called right tribune to my left, just the central tribune, where in a few minutes supreme commander-in-chief vladimir putin will also traditionally be surrounded by veterans in the stands, but the start of the parade will be preceded by several

very important rituals. first of all, of course, the banner of pobe will appear on red square. yes, the one that was hoisted over the reichstag 78 years ago to accompany. eh, there will be a guard of honor. uh, the combined orchestras the music of the holy war will sound, but the truth will not be the words of this song, but they are already familiar to every russian russian and do not lose their relevance even 80 years after the victory, then the minister of defense will leave through the spassky gate to red square on black and aurus convertible. he will meet with the commander of the parade will receive a report from him and then go around the parade crews to greet the military personnel, the hardware crews, just already formed, they can be seen behind my back. if now everyone was silent on the square, then one could see an excusing silence, 10,000 people are waiting for the start of the apparatus. well, after the president’s address, which we will hear from the main rostrum, accordingly, walking, parade crews will start, the basis of which are,

among other things, members of the special military operations this year. yes, edmund is literally a few minutes left, while there is time. tell us what equipment we will see today heavy military equipment also make up the combat units taking part in the special operation. they were modernized taking into account the specifics of their own. of course, we are waiting here for armored personnel carriers and the so-called workhorses of infantry fighting vehicles. well, the t-90 tanks , modified breakthrough, which received improved ammunition, armor, dynamic protection, also t-72 tanks. of course, we are the t-14 armata tank, which has no analogues so far in everything world, this is the pinnacle of domestic tank building. in addition, there will be anti-aircraft missile systems. and, of course, the country's nuclear shield yards. uh, twenty-meter giants of fifty-tons will pass just a few meters from us and you can feel all the power and i assume that even the paving stones will vibrate from how close this technique will pass. and

one more important moment, every year. we are waiting. what new items will be and the military keeps it a secret until the last day. so we'll keep an eye on that. what other technique travels through red square. well, today the weather is conducive to the fact that aviation would have flown to this day. we have not yet received official confirmation that the air part of the porado will not take place this year, but there are literally 10 minutes left. so all the attention is on red square. indeed, intrigue, we are waiting with bated breath edmund lived boons working on red square, where the victory parade will begin in a few minutes. and immediately after its completion, the guests will proceed to the alexander garden. there vladimir putin and foreign leaders will lay flowers to the tomb of the unknown soldier and a stele of hero cities on the alley of 12 such monuments. inside each is a capsule with earth, which was taken from the place of battles or mass graves. the alley begins with leningrad , which survived 900 days of blockade during the siege. about a million people died

there, followed by kiev, which was one of the first to take the blow of the nazis in june 1941. the germans bombed it from the air for two years in the capital of the ukrainian ussr was occupied. well, then the nazis attacked minsk in the first day of the war in a week, nazi aircraft destroyed most of this city, he was left without light. and the waters stopped in the tram stopped the work of factories and shops, the occupation lasted 3 years. the next stella is dedicated to stalingrad. the battle for the city was the largest bloody in the history of mankind during the battle, which lasted 2 months , half a million soviet soldiers were killed, the same number of civilians were heroically defended and residents of coastal cities were sevastopol , odessa kerch and novorossiysk separate the monument dedicated to the brest fortress deserves attention. hitlerites. we planned. to take it in a few hours, however, the soviet

soldiers held the defense for more than a month, tula received the title of hero for defense in 41. its defenders held back the onslaught , the nazis were unable to take the city for a month and a half, and went to moscow bypassing murmansk. smolensk, the first, twice stopped the advance of the enemy, the second. we tore off, hitler's lightning plan, the bridge is a memorial, which is dedicated to cities military glory. and, of course, a large-scale celebration is taking place today in these very cities of heroes in volgograd, festive events have been going on since the morning. well, my kurgan laid flowers and wreaths at the memorials. they returned the heroic name in stalingrad now our correspondence is working svyatoslav gordin slava tell us what else is known about the holiday program. the program of celebrations

will not be quite traditional, only the immortal regiment canceled for well-known reasons, and here at least it doesn’t look like the usual volgograd may, it’s cold and rainy all these days, but the people who came, who came to the celebrations from other regions , apparently, every may 9 has not become smaller, or rather, during the celebrations of volgograd , the former name is returned, stalingrad, by which it knows the whole world under this name, he became a symbol of courage and heroism . the battle of the same name is one of the bloodiest in history. this is not only pavlov's house or mamaev kurgan , hundreds of kilometers away there were battles that also decided the outcome of the battle on the volga here there was a radical turning point in the war on february 2 of the third year. here 20 german divisions capitulated, taken surrounded by 91,000 german soldiers and officers.

they surrendered today at 8:00 in the morning here on mamaev kurgan, it is also called the main height of the country, where in the fall of forty-two forty-three the hardest battles took place, where 35,000 soviet soldiers were buried in mass graves at the foot of the motherland of the motherland, solemn events began in the military hall glory to the tomb of the unknown soldier tomb of the legendary marshal chuikov was laid flowers and wreaths. in volgograd, they did not cancel the military parade, and it will begin simultaneously with the moscow parade. in a few minutes , parade crews of the military garrison will begin to move through the center of the city. the whole day of may 9 will consist of various events dedicated to the great victory, a military-historical reconstruction will take place, and a russian competition in aircraft sports will take place. well, unless , of course, the weather changes the plans of the organizers, there will be a festive concert here on kurgan. when it gets dark, it will show light show light of the great victory

a vivid sight, of course, is a video installation when the monument to the motherland is illuminated. well, the holiday will end with fireworks, i will say again that there will definitely not be any shortcomings of the spectators at a party. now people are already bringing flowers to memorable places. then there will be more of them so, until late in the evening, julia with a holiday. and i remind you that in 5 minutes it starts on red square. the main event of the day is the victory parade our channel will show it live, do not switch. but a few minutes remain before the victory parade launched the all-russian action candle victory started at zero hours and 43 minutes at that time on may 9, 1945 , an act was signed near berlin, the unconditional surrender of germany this document put

an end to the great patriotic war to a patriotic action. the residents of many cities of the country have joined the activists of social movements of the candles of the word victory, thank you, we remember, as well as the symbols of the great victory, well, and now we are moving to red square where the main event of the day will begin the great victory parade from a minute to a minute, but we also see that has already arrived on red square. president vladimir immediately heads to the podium, according to tradition, on the lapels of all those present today. st. george's ribbon, as you know , the two colors orange and black symbolize flame and smoke . they are the main guests of the parade, words of gratitude for the great ones are addressed to them. feat of great victory. we see that the president has risen to the podium. now he goes to the veterans and greets them.

of course, he congratulates the cadet schools on the holiday. among the guests are also present politicians, he will watch the procession. now the president will talk, congratulations with the guests. he noted that on may 9 we pay tribute to the great respect and gratitude. to all those whose feats on the battlefields tinder the rear allowed to crush the nazi invaders, the president expressed the hope that the legacy of the great victory would continue to contribute to the development of relations between countries and peoples. so the president, apparently heading to his seat. from where he will watch the parade, he greeted everyone present and now the president takes his place. well, sergei shoigu previously reported that more than 10,000 people would walk through the center of the capital today. including the participants of the special operation

, the audience will be shown more than a hundred pieces of weapons and military equipment. also , more than 40 military bands will participate in the parade, including the national guards of the russian armed forces and the ministry of emergency situations, they will play the works that sounded at the victory parade in june 45. the parade will be commanded by the chief of the ground forces of the general of the army, alexel kust, well, he will take the parade defense minister general of the army sergei shoigu well, they are getting ready to watch. attention and shows, moscow listen and watch the red square victory parade