twenty four hours a day millions of russians victory day to commemorate russia during what it calls the great. day culminating in a massive display the. fourteen locations across the capital with seventeen a total of four thousand rockets some of which you can see right in the skies over the russian capital as you can see perfect weather conditions. clear skies small temperatures this evening a lovely evening for those coming out to watch the display you can hear their cries in the background as a joy this great spectacle. many people out in the streets enjoying this day of a four day bank holiday russia. significantly. old like joining together. in. tribute to those who fought in the great.

almost every family in the country was affected. three years ten months and eighteen days. before. and. of course we're seeing similar scenes today. was interesting in. that because of the time difference with. the eight. and today. you can see this beautiful display. right across the russian capital. in central moscow very. special day not just for those. throughout all of russia.

sounds a bit like a world war two bar arches going off all around me except that it's created by the cheers of all the people here lots of locations across moscow this enormous fireworks display and also a minute's silence held earlier both of those are send to them the commemoration of the victory in the great patriotic war over nazi germany and it's not just here in moscow all over russia at eternal flame sites that have been burning for every day and every nights and war memorials all across russia and the former soviet union people have been marking this event those memorials bear the words urging people never to forget the great sacrifice that the soviet union went through to defeat nazi germany it's estimated about twenty six point six million people gave lives in that conflict when nazi germany invaded in june one nine hundred forty one they

nearly destroyed the soviet union but over the next four years on the front ranging from the black sea to the baltic from the volga all the way to berlin the red army turned the tide and pushed them all the way back until an armistice was eventually signed and it's that the marking of that achievement and both sacrifices that this is all about tom as you're talking to us we're also showing scenes of those fireworks over the skies of the russian capital of course other events and being taking place to commemorate the day and this display of course is marking the end of this very special day what else has been happening. yes indeed this is this is the finale as it were earlier on in the day here at red square there was a large military parade fourteen thousand troops marched through accompanied by more than tanks aircraft flying flags and nuclear missiles which were paraded through the camp. also veterans came out as well obviously all of this is designed

to try and mimic what was what was done in one nine hundred forty five in the victory parade then the veterans were there then and there is a dwindling number of them now those that remember those dark days firsthand and there was also the laying of a wreath of the tomb of the unknown soldier against the kremlin walls that this anniversary is clearly very important to the veterans but hell significant is it for russia's younger generation. well i don't know if you can see it here around me but there's an awful lot of young people joining in the celebrations and you also see a lawful lot of these around russia in the days around victory day these redden of these orange and black ribbons have become synonymous with the celebrations they're hung on bags are flown from carson and people wear them on their clothes and that's part of the center of celebrating this event it's also been victory day in europe

feed day yesterday the same reason the defeat of nazi germany but it must be said that in europe the v.-day doesn't really hold the weight anymore that victory day does in russia perhaps a mark of the immense sacrifices made by russia in recent polls of of the younger generation russia it's been found that the memories of land in the revolution are starting to slip from from their memory and the memories of stalin are starting to slip a bit as well but this day sticks the memory of victory day and that almighty victory is remembered by all and perhaps a final fitting gesture is the fact that a lot of young people in moscow carry flowers on this day and they give those flowers to the older generations those that remember the war but remember those dark days firsthand and they give them saying thank you thank you for all you've done to. save our country and to win

a victory. thanks very much indeed for that live report there in central moscow i'll leave you now to enjoy the rest of that far worse display some love for a half thousand for works of. a few more still to come so enjoy it tom thanks very much indeed. well besides the soviet troops thousands of british soldiers second lives during the war they went to see subzero temperatures in the arctic to deliver arms and food to the red army all in all four million tons of supplies were sent to the eastern front because ivan bennett reports their epic effort has remained largely unrecognized until now the worst journey in the world was how winston churchill described it the ten day through hell the arctic convoys were a vital lifeline of supplies to the soviet union with britain's east an ally in the grip of a nazi onslaught at just nineteen john c.

is was a gunner on board one ship braving fierce seas bitter cold and a treacherous route infested by german u. boats never they are thin in the can you just imagine. wife's come in that. is the block of flats you just passed as who the wife say just picked us up picked us up just market or i just. bought perry bond we were fourteen thousand pretty a very dark and you know we've been lifted up because she could hear the screws turn in at the war. below and in the water this is the very ship john says don't his job was to man the n.t.a. craft guns against the heavy enemy fire from above but the onslaught came from the sea to the huge icy waves with the warmth even a ship this size just over eight hundred ships were dispatched in total in the

convoys but one in eight never made it back britain lost three thousand men in what was known as the most hostile theater of world war two the waters so cold that falling in meant almost certain death yet those behind the mission never own and the men it sent john received medals for other campaign see fourteen but he's still missing the one that matters most but our field discussed it while being trained i mean there's only a few of us left now i'm a more well interactive. not frightened now and i mean come on this. way i know. sam we did as you say a got plenty burma pacific defense measure i've got the order came pies the campaigns are been in a pair of them only five to. one of an english. medal for the russian congress but that could soon change prime minister david cameron's

finally ordered the medals review after years of campaigning from veterans they haven't been honored so far because of bureaucratic red tape limiting war heroes to one medal per campaign medal rules also mean a stint on the convoys wasn't long enough to make the six month minimum an impossible targets given the extreme conditions of the arctic it's disgusting and to my mind that the fact that it's been it's taken so long is really heartbreaking because over the years we've been paid for this medal many many of these veterans have and have now passed away and the absolute tragedy if they would be if we did get to a situation where the metal barriers and the outcome with actions are allowed that metal and there are none of them alive to say that of the sixty six and a half thousand men who sailed on the arctic convoys just two hundred remain like john they've just been offered another medal by russian government for ever in debt

to their service on top of the two it's already awarded to john will find out in september if he is to finally receive what he really wants but for other aging war heroes like him it could be too little too late either bennett's r.t. london. r.t. live here in the russian capital with twenty four hours a day. in indonesia the search for a missing russian plane is continued into the night there's been no communication with the aircraft since contact was last minute journey jury assails demonstration flight earlier on wednesday r.t. shaun thomas has the latest. it certainly is a mystery at this point what we do know is the plane was on a routine flight taking people up to test the jet out as it were people who could be buying this plane for their own companies and it was supposed to be a thirty minute flight then we do know that the pilot requested to descend from tel

ten thousand feet to six thousand feet and then it disappeared from radar at that point they decided to send out search crews but they had to call those crews back because of night time hours and poor weather conditions there are reports of fog in that area at this point in time they're waiting to see when they can go back out to the search for that airplane again but one thing that they're not ruling out is they're not ruling out the possibility of a hijacking they also know that the plane was low on fuel in fact by the time the plane was supposed to land back at the airport in jakarta the fuel was supposed to be spent so there could be a problem with that as well the mountains south of jakarta are volcanic some of them are very high and surrounding those mountains are hills valleys rocky terrain there are some plantations in the area lots of rivers but even those rivers aren't what you might expect as a river valley they are rocky type areas that aren't really easy to navigate now the good news is is that it is a densely populated island there are people everywhere so if something did happen to this plane there will be someone who has seen it and authorities are hoping that

they can get in touch with those people some time when the search resumes in the morning this is actually a brand new airplane it is russia's first sojourn into the commercial aviation industry since the soviet union in fact it was meant to revitalize the commercial aviation industry in russia it is a highly technical and highly advanced piece of equipment in fact it was also equipped with equipment that could detect abnormalities in the terrain is so at this point in time no abnormalities this is an anomaly. sean thomas talking to be a little earlier many in the aviation industry is saying the incident is more likely due to human error than mechanical malfunction that's according to operations and safety editor for online magazine flight global david limone what i think i think the most helpful way of trying to understand what might have happened here is to remember exactly what it's doing in indonesia it's on indonesia on a demonstration tour of the world showing off to potential customers just what

a good airplane this is and just how clever it is and how far you can take it sometimes the pilots or the crews deliberately take the aircraft right to their limits and they do that sometimes when the aircraft is quite close to the ground that's what a demonstration flight is often like sometimes they push the limits just too far and that might happen we're talking about highly professional test pilots on board this aircraft people like that just less an airplane run out of fuel so i think you can rule that one out hijack like like two why what's the motivation of being on that's not a commercial flight this going to demo flight no i think you can rule that one out mountainous terrain well yes if there are mountains there a pilot isn't going to run into them if you can see them if the mountains are in clouds the pilot still knows they're there and this aircraft has to rain warning

system on it using the high terrain is an excuse for an accident in an aircraft as well equipped as that i think is a bit farfetched but just because the demonstration flights have come to grief so often in the past if i were to put my money on this the cause of this one that's where i'd put it does turn out to be the fact that the crews simply were pushing their luck too far then sukhoi will regain face. and of course we'll keep you updated on the developments in the news here where the search continues for a brand new russian passenger plane the sukhoi superjet one hundred it's gone missing during a demonstration flight with fifty people on board. you're watching on t.v. still ahead for you this ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved to a hospital from her prison cell as international concerns grow over her treatment.

that's still to come but first in syria a roadside bomb has hit a military truck injuring six soldiers the vehicle was part of a convoy carrying the head of the united nations observer mission this comes a day after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi and won his peace plan is the last chance for the country to avoid civil war sort of first she's in damascus says a lot is at stake here and it's into mouth gets that traveled to iraq that day and they go on as is normal with a team of journalists and the security escort from the journalists and the people here with that when it happened it sounds like it's some sort of car bomb went off just at the observer to driven past one of the military checkpoints. they were very very close to it and injured some of the security personnel he was schooling that is still six people were injured we can tell you that from what we've seen and we've been with every day for the past couple of days is that more or less the

observant themselves that they are being welcomed and facilitated by both sides where there is a concern. a lot of people here is that there is going to be elements trying to undermine this mission and i was speaking to the head of the national coordinator council inside opposition here in syria the other day i asked him that question whether he was concerned about the mission being undermined at take a listen to what he had to say we were afraid that. it is really threatened by those who are. providing. funds. and the fifteen minds to run against the plan but it's start of the very very first moment when the plan was declared they said it's a failure it want to be better than the bleak learning. so let's kill the hope that's where they are saying and if the hope is killed what will happen as

if the u.n. mission thingy being welcomed by both sides but taking full step that is progress they're going to need to build on that expectations are very very high and remember there is a huge amount riding on that we're not going to want to see is that this affecting your mission and anyway. the joad you create in opposition leader unity machine has been moved from prison to a hospital for treatment the former prime minister had been on hunger strike for nineteen days claiming abuse in an earlier attempt to move on with orders are hoping this would refuse a growing diplomatic crisis threatening to overshadow the euro twenty twelve championship all these are actually on a show ski has this from. now we haven't officially confirmed that ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been delivered to a hospital in her reported spinal hemorrhage will be treated it is interesting that it will be treated slowly by a german doctor and now has insisted that no ukrainian doctor has access to her

treatment it's unclear whether she is just mistrustful or she is afraid of her life something her daughter has been reporting now there's been lots of control over see preceding this transportation of the hospital now for several weeks she had been claiming that she will not be treated in ukraine and asked permission to be relocated abroad for her spinal damage to be treated there but the authorities have been adamant that she would not leave the korean soil before that there was an attempt to transfer you to one of the hospitals. on april the twenty of in fact she back then claimed that prison guards physically abused her during the transportation and recently photos of her bruises were made public on the internet causing a lot of fuss here in ukraine and internationally and very harsh reaction following the a legit. physical abuse by the prison guards domestically with thousands of supporters of. protesting in the prison building and near the court building and also

very harsh reactions coming internationally now several leaders of european states said that they would you were twenty championship in ukraine and poland because of the way had allegedly been treated by prison guards and the list of the officials included the german chancellor angela merkel the government of the netherlands the president of the czech republic and the german president as well as several other top officials in europe now ukraine even had to cancel the european states summit in the crimea in this city because of so many officials from europe deciding to this summit and certainly the fact that she will be treated in a hospital by a german doctor is definitely a move forward we are certainly waiting for any more developments in this rather turbulent and the rollercoaster story. news making headlines around.

tearing up the terms of the international which is described as. the. day it. was reported. and exposed the plan. was meant to us. on the first anniversary of death. three years ago but. according to a military official. states over the past two days how many. people were killed in the attacks the u.n. security council approved a resolution. negotiations

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