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was logged on i've seen this many times over the years this is the seventy fourth anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany the end of the great patriotic russia marking this huge day we'll bring you to life over the next hour and ten minutes. chipping in showing you all the highlights of incoming commentry. c.c.t.v. . video the picture you. could be if you. give me

a conflict on the eastern front which lasted for just under four here is fought with unprecedented ferocity claimed over twenty five million soviet lives today is about remembering all that suffering and sacrifice which ultimately left every family scarred. the first victory parade was held on the twenty fourth of june one thousand nine hundred five stover a month after the surrender of nazi germany during the soviet period celebrations then were held on the twentieth and fortieth anniversary of the victory and since ninety ninety five is going to be watching when the world will know military parades are going help annually televised around the world celebrated commemorated around the world with the authorities emphasizing the importance of remembering the horrors of the conflict. defining features and we're going to take you through some of the highlights over the next hour and ten our

correspondents are called america's day of hawkins' with a special family story want to bring to you as well here in the studio he goes down of with me as well to talk us through it we go we're listening into this. this brings as an englishman bring so many memories but for me watching on the television for years trying to get a handle on it and the military parade what it actually meant to russia as a legal opinion thirty years i now understand it was illegal well indeed kevin first and foremost a very warm welcome for everyone just tuning in on this well great day for everyone i should say. and so what is going on right now is just like to give a few notes as to what we are looking at right now so as of now the russian flag along with the victory banner being carried out to the sacred war song it is a legendary tune by equally legendary soviet composer his name is alexander alexander so the victory but it is the red flag of course. being carried right

behind the russian flag was raised by red army soldiers above the reichstag building in the german capital on the first of may in nineteen forty five and i mean this day has been remembered and really it is the veins of every single russian citizen right now because for several very very long yes' the soviet union forwards in a very bloody ruined i mean no one kevin when you ask me as to what this whole thing means to an average russian person i mean it is not just a it is not a demonstration of military might now of course to a certain extent it is but it is it is far from this like when here we did it actually you might assume because no in fact the soviet union it is it was a victory for the soviet union with tears in many many people's eyes because the loss of the shia loss and the sheer devastation that people experience that the

whole soviet nation experienced in the course of that war well it is really it is unparalleled because for instance twenty some twenty six million i mean there are different figures according to different sources but some twenty six million people died in soviet union alone and i mean this is this is the top death toll this is the largest amount of dead people of lives taken by this war and for instance the next in line is china with fifteen million dead and so for instance the soviet union saw the largest battle of the second world war and it was stalin grad in one thousand nine hundred forty nine to the forty three says some of these guys have seen so much over the years let's listen let's get a flavor of it will come back to some more control over just a second let's let's listen in for a minute. no

so what we're looking at right now this is russia's defense ministry said you should go and he is. and he is opening he's opening the phrase in beans right now rolling into not saying this because i don't speak russian saying the parade is open to ra yancey at c.b.s. this is this is the gist of it now it is very interesting now take a moment to appreciate the vehicle that russia's defense minister a minister is writing and this is a new one our rose convertible that. that it's very modern it is brand new and it is in fact the first time it is taking part in

a victory day parade all right we're going to talk more about that and the importance of it and look at the history and if you're into culture going to love it let's go to more galatea for a sense of how the celebrations are unfolding in central now interesting enough speaking about this calm or a know it all of the only people who groan when he had a chance he had a chance to write this before the before with his mother betty surprises moratti put in this car before something like this we first saw it on the presidential inauguration remember that statement the russian president will only drive a russian car in future fine thing isn't it what you know about this car tell us about what's happening beyond you first of all then tell us a bit about the car but it was certainly one of the highlights of this year for me as a car person the orus the cabriolet was built specifically put this day specifically for this parade three of the made for now but they're planning on making more it's going to be a hit the top three to hop. but. it's good just isn't it the parade itself

as i say about the start i don't fortunately the latest i've heard is that the aircraft. the jets and the strategic air prop that is being canceled but we have plenty more to look forward to the thirty thousand people hundred thousand soldiers cadets who had to be marching through the red square along with more than one hundred vehicles the latest and greatest of russia's military hardware prototypes mainstays of the military all of that ahead and we've got one of the best vantage points will be trending right past us and i've got the best facts about every single vehicle we go to see. all right thank you for that we'll let the band play on behind you. as a british person looking on here of course everybody remembers him in britain. that's marcos' mark here's the end of the wall very differently few days later

after the capitulation of the german post but about that was a few days later on the ninth. well it is that tradition and it's it is a traditional day because it is because i think it's because of the time zone difference because that's one that's one of the russian people learnt about it and i mean most interesting the i mean as you mentioned the first parade was in fact held in july in nineteen forty five so now the ninth of may is this you know iconic date for all old russian you know when you're looking abroad to come still have this little feeling in my head i remember seeing these growing up as a kid going through the cold war eccentric cetera ok here we are in twenty nine it's a lot of people internationally with the internationally people in russia get it but this looks a bit scary to some people looking all think why didn't need to show this why do you need to show me the missiles the tanks the latest weaponry is the. is it

a show of providers or something conversely trying to scare people well it is not you it is very very far from that in fact i should say kevin first and foremost it is a tradition all the way back to nine hundred forty five and since nineteen ninety five it is a yearly event and so this is not again as i was saying it is not this hell yes we did it actually true you know it is about commemorating all those millions of lives lost it is about remembering the sacrifice of the people of the soviet people now let's take you here this is a huge moment for all these servicemen it will be in these various regiments these various military taking part. how many do you know how many regiments of military people are taking part here sure we have some thirteen over thirteen thousand troops taking part in this parade and one hundred thirty two military vehicles now there were supposed to be an aerial show the fighter jets and bombers. would be

worse supposed to make a show was well but from what we understand so far because of the weather this might not it is unlikely to happen now of course that changes were updated and we'll watch it here as well that's going to give you more of a flavor this one of the correspondent for take a bit more the pomp and pageantry if you like a list splendor of it in the military music tunnel quinces on the line he's been very close to. that square with the city with this is happening. we talked earlier on simply big it's pretty pointed it's a point where the so many russians british as well but you've got relations that are russian and there's been an unexpected reunion that's come out of this event this year for you personally your family isn't it. yeah certainly is a poignant moment. just one of many thousands throughout the country. kevin under

the hood moscow so quiet in the minutes leading up to the start of the parade or so loud in the minutes off of those three cheers going up on all the dozens of assembled tanks and armored vehicles just there behind me there just polishing up ready to rev their engines the ground shake and drive their way through red square and as you and igor were saying it's hard to convey the sheer of all to some meaning and poignancy to so many russians off today people come here to of course see the the soldiers the tanks but it's what happens later that's most touching the so-called immortal regiment it's a tradition of grassroots movements organized now back in twenty twelve when the siberian city of tomsk and since then it's grown to something which millions of people take pause and not only in russia but throughout the whole world as well over one hundred countries five hundred cities marking not just may relatives or distant relations of people who lost their lives or fought in the second world war the great patriotic war was known here in russia holding up the portraits and

photos of their loved ones who lose years ago and marching along here we're going to have more coverage of that and as you quite rightly mention a little family stories we did a bit of digging around and family history and found out that my grandma who served father fourteen died in the battle of stalingrad which eagle mentioned there back in ninety two has a half brother from that same that same man who they'd never met she lived in design in central russia and got them together here on red square to meet for the first time and more than celebrate his memory so that of touching moment there but it's very much something that brings people together like what not a first full does i mean kevin rudd has a lot of public holidays made a defender of the fatherland they live in state said trust but no festivals no celebrations or holidays quite bring the country together as this does and we're talking people of all creed color race religion. it's something that holds such

importance and such poignancy to people in the former soviet republics because as you mentioned as she has sacrificed the people but through undescribable suffering all describable horrors. that the law is called the result this parade of the most regiment is to say never again to remember that and say never again write down believe that president putin will now be addressed by the defense was president putin's about to speak let's see what he's got to say you. me with.

that us citizens of russia that i gave dear veterans the. cell that the soldiers and seamen the surgeons and petty officers put up here. i thought the series of the army and the navy. generals and admirals was there i was. happy victory day. one of the this is the day of pride and mourning is good and. this is the day of the gratitude we are grateful to those who defended our motherland and defeated naziism. today we celebrate all of them this is the victory they should be fought in labor to for they sacrificed a lot. of us they defended our. country in fierce battles.

they went through all these trials and eventually they secured this victory. and the year in which after one year you know we realize more and more what they accomplished for us and we understand the value of this victory how much it means to our people to look they. depended they saved us not only the few and liberated the nations of europe and you my luggage these we have been a lot of heroes moments in our history but what are you victory over the nazis and . that takes a special in our history as these that the nazis thought they were above the rest of mankind and many states is now working as an advantage by the us of course . this made the nazis in seoul and only they thought they could defeat the

soviet union in a matter of that in weeks i see defeat russia with it with thousands of years of history will it but it didn't work out this way yes i suffered some defeats and we retreated you know first us for months after the war broke out. in the but then five million new troops joined the. forces. which tens of thousands of people joined the militia dozens of major factories were moved to the east and started production and new in the urals on the boulder rebirth bierria the whole country worked for the troops at the front line and this was true second front the labor

front where all the people worked hard to support the troops i all of our people were for the victory is that what you go for but you'll get to use them but it's gary sent off the breast fortress was among the first to fight the enemy and that they fought to the last. scription so on the wall all the. rest and. take breath even to the day you know news that you i'm going to die but i will not surrender not for example and at that not guess what our troops i do. shows us that they have not forgotten about. the past and that usually you see this is what makes. the russian army. even on defeat it will be

so reliable in the media one of the millions of people that want to know. what musk went caught like this in the battles of moscow and gravity the curse and it did me poor about only. that they protected the old russian capitals. and there's novgorod smolensk this sebastopol. that we all remember the siege of leningrad. when every battle they know those sit is the soldiers performed. acts. in it but it's the do it with the over fifty percent of those awarded myself with the gold star of the hero of the soviet union who are under twenty five years old and many of them joined the army right

after high school many of them felt that did not get a chance to have a family children they sacrificed their lives for the future of their country for our freedom for each one of us we will always remember what they did and we will always remember their sacrifice but will always remember the price they paid to get us this victory we bow our heads in the memory. of the fathers and grandfathers. husbands and wives brothers sisters. are the only. reason or a family members and that friends get on that we morning at nine the veterans who are no longer with us and. let's now have a minute of silence. president

putin they're paying tribute to servicemen young and old past and present and the deep meaning they have for russians now we go this is the metro what's the significance here in the sound you're hearing is a metronome and as it echoes out across the red square it does so in memory of all those millions who died in the second world war and i mean it is not a random thing to as most things with this parade it is deeply rooted in the history of the second world war the first time it sounded it was during the sea of leningrad a terrific event that lasted since one thousand nine hundred forty one till nine hundred forty four or if a famine and loss of lives as the german troops blockaded the city and this

metronome was a clear national action. by. the memory of the great patriotic war at the national truth about this war. it is our responsibility to do that today in a number of countries and we see the facts of this war being destroyed and those that we've. just got that we see how people who forgot about human dignity served being glorified today this is a betrayal of their fathers and grandfathers and it is our duty to protect the really heroes we that meyer and all the veterans. you live in different countries but the what you did during this war will never be forgotten or divided we will always remember all of you we will always honor the victory.

which has always been our common the. way me property has been one of the lessons in this war remain yet relevant today and we will always do. everything we have to to make sure our army was that he remains strong with modern the weapons that we will be continually promotes in military service supporting our officers and our soldiers at the same time russia is open for top aeration with all those who are ready to fight terrorism neo nazis and extremism do you know what you mean. today that we do is once again important to fight for this evils collectively we encourage all the countries to realize that we need a system of collective and indivisible security for all our country our people

know. what kind of suffering war brings and we haven't forgotten anything we remember all of that we on earth the memory of. these soldiers who secured. for us. the victory taken away it's always brings all sorts of people together today we all feel emotional it is january this emotion we get it unites our country today and we are proud to be united we are pro that our children and grandchildren are here with us today and we can hand the memory of these sacred memories this victory on to them. and we know that the memory of this war and this victory will live on forever. right glory to

our victorious people happy. the koran. i. actually understand playing out their prison putin is this a paying tribute to the troops that every time you hear this every year and by the way you are in the world we hear those men and women show the raw who run up salute the rows it makes the hair on the back and neck stand up a bit doesn't it is this is the going to our of. your saying earlier. normally the one of the highlights of this is the fly past looks like that's on today but we are in for a treat soon of course is this big parade is going to go on for half an hour so we got some of the text. let's just remember the great patriotic war was a crucial part of world war two world war two of course three ninety seven hundred

forty five the great project was started on the twenty second to nine hundred forty one we generally launched the attack on the soviet union in violation of the prevailing treaties at that time and then then it lasted nearly four years and was the largest armed confrontation in history so much lost so much suffering and remembered to this day and some veterans still their course all going to. hold a number there are few still there out there yeah there are absolutely and i mean every year these veterans they are being invited to the red square to observe the parade from the stands right outside the kremlin. it's not just the so the parades officially started now you know this flag the who are these guys here is the senior this is the official beginning of the parade although i mean the way. it is going to go from now on first we're going to see troops

marching through central moscow and all the way to the red square the red square of course being the main the million looks. amazing is that so much already goes into this the coordination the discipline oh trust me i want to say they've been training for this moment for months but i think it's actually more than i think for many it's more than about. such a lot of pride here in russia around the world for what's happening today you go. and you know to this day i mean it was a big park in back in twenty fifteen wasn't. sent to deliver another big lecture the seventy fifth anniversary the if you like to this. young people still so. involved with this it's really a heartfelt thing i was talking to some of the guys were in the newsroom today saying you know you're in your twenty's what is it still so much pride and it's really really strong just really quickly i want to jump in and say that this is the

official kick off of the troops moving across the red square we have the drummers they proceed all of the marching formations i mean let me quickly talk a little bit as to again what to expect now the troops you're going to be seeing that you are seeing right now they're going to be marching in sold poor old boxes and these boxes be a formation of a hundred to four hundred troops so these where well really boxes is self-explanatory and the way they work the right flank people they look straight ahead of them and they walk along a white line on the pavement so the white line painted on the pavement across the red square it helps the right flank troops. going forward basically this is how they maintain their direction because. the rest of the squad

if i may face the rest of the squad the rest of the formation they look to the side and it's not because it's not only because the thing you look to the right because that's where the commanders are it's because the right flank called them if you look at the white line and they look at the right flank column to maintain their direction so this is what's happening if you look closely you see that the person there he's had to slightly turn this is exactly for that i mean this is a standard thing for the formation of the russian army but i mean in just the interesting neat little detail look at the cool divination in the decision because it is always the same view on the it is a splendid thing to see the world to see. in the red square as well as it. is one thing for us to sit in the studio here get a volley. well this is my good year

here on the red square at this great didn't i got to tell you as was mentioned earlier it's very difficult to describe the atmosphere here it's it's job electric is intense but there's so much excitement up excitement just released during the parade itself thousands and thousands of men and woman dead moggi down the red square the daughter of the sacrifices made during the second book more showing the country that they're ready to say that they're ready to defend their homeland and many of these units by the way displaying badness that date back to the second world will the looming standing grab is a units video that went beyond the call of duty that exceptional valor in the face of. fearsome enemy a horrible out of me not to drop. they persevered. bob he'll now down the red

square this is as i say the infantry proud of the parade that the troops next will come the vehicles more than a hundred of them may just the greatest of russia's military defense industry some prototypes of the mainstays of the russian military don't hold about that once they start rumbling down the red square unfortunately the aerial show the aerial part of the parade is being canceled that was canceled just before the break because of the weather it is it'll be there's a storm full cost of the day but thankfully it's clear for now nevertheless there's always next year to look forward to facing the troops marching down the red square a record number of women this year as well which is you know something that the people of us will for a long time raise voices represented here for the first time as well now this parade routes like this other military best defense he's evolving more than one

hundred thousand military personnel are happening in four hundred russian cities and towns all over the country across all of its times over but. i've got to admit . luis look forward to most of the boats coming given to the vehicles. yeah you went for a ride on one of them earlier on the preparation to this is the preparation for this starts january to the start going to the probably come but ship it later thanks for the. let's go full flight wellness this go full screen on this for a minute we see it in there we've seen the contents eco from the. military school for us cadets wasn't just them yes indeed the cadets of various russian military schools they again quite traditionally they open the parade for instance we've seen the cadets over most schools for military school which is one of the most prestigious military schools in russia because home to some. the best teachers and

most experienced military officers of the red army i mean historically and it has carried this part of history throughout the years with it and so they have been taking part i was going to say well just as your source was shots they will you tell us were the history there we saw a shot but a minute ago i would show a couple an old gun old lady's pride on his face sitting up saluting absolutely on and then we saw. him flying the flag so involved with the pride on these people not going to place just sums it up it's not city coming out of russia i think you really get a feeling of it's not only at times commemorate a time for reflection it's a time to celebrate and really forward. and there's a russian look at this. and i'm saying is the. thing that keeps you safe of course in any city you speaking about the pride in the faces of all those people of

course they will feel proud because they've been raising and they are still raising and nurturing all these teenagers they should say they're about fourteen years old i mean the average a year i should say so they'd be nurturing them and now we have a chance they have this privilege of marching through the red square on one of the main on one of the main celebrations over russia for instance these to military school has been taking part in the red square parade since nineteen fifty seven and when it comes to the army and i guess it's fair to say any army any army values its tradition a mob anything else and so this is the pinnacle of this tradition. and the pride there on the face is still to this day having seen so much over their lives looking on looking forward to this day is one of the big hall. he's in russia

much earlier on it should have shown around the world people taking the lead to rule this somewhat solemn show for this big day in russia now we've got the american member stuff from a british to an american member looking on high above the red square the dome cool say this. with you earlier on the first trip of the thing while watching it certainly. was your impression of it is it is impressive as it looks here in the studio i guess this. well this would have been a great place to see the aviation show but unfortunately it was canceled but nonetheless yes this parade is is absolutely impressive behind me soldiers are marching down where their ancestors marched in made nine hundred forty five true soviet heroes that saved the world from one of the most horrific ideologies of human history naziism and. there's technical vehicles going by the

inheritors and the the surviving heroes of that period are celebrating this this. holiday and yeah like you said before this is my first red red square parade here on victory day and it's truly a new and unique experience because you know i studied this war the soviet losses what the soviet union won through during world war two back in the united states it's nothing in comparison to being here victory day seeing the faces of those who lived through the war or had relatives who lived through the war they say that nearly every family in the russian federation has at least one relative who paid the ultimate price in the great patriotic war they also say that if the twenty seven million cats soviet casualties of that war marched in one parade through red square it would take months to come. so this is truly

a very important holiday for the russian people and it's also you know that there's this march going on in moscow but there's also marches going on across russia in tula. in other places like don't you know it's the hand and volgograd formerly known as stalin grodd in the soviet union and there's also people from all over the world looking on right now in new york where i come from it's between two and three in the morning and i've already received messages from my friends who are staying up late to watch this on social media who want to wish the world happy victory day and so things like this are really a reflection of how this military parade is of course it's a show of strength but it's not meant to threaten the world it's an assurance from russia to its people that something like the second world war the atrocities of the leningrad blockade of of the nazi invasion the holocaust will never again take

place anywhere. we've been taken the pictures were taken to the meaning of this in the history of it. it's difficult to get a grasp of the size of the what's the what the cool donation of what's out in the media the precision will do it so the training for this starts every january. be full of course many of the guys are supposed to read the will have taken part in this kind of thing before so the men of the veterans will be on proudly will be in the year after year but they look at all of you show do they don't what does it look like you see all this procedure we get would sort of camera views of it but the whole spectacle. while we got we have troops marching down from a separate street where the. armored vehicles are actually coming down from a separate street they're parked here ready to file in behind the soldier. and like

you said that's true repetitions and practices of this march happen long before the victory day parade actually i was just walking down the. street the other night where they were doing a reputation repetition of the victory day parade and you can see all of the technical vehicles military troops and average people walking by can see on the street you know and we're going to see all those soldiers and vehicles tanks the legendary t. thirty four world war two tank even more modern tanks like the t. seventy four hand and carriers for intercontinental ballistic missiles so it's definitely going to be a sight to see definitely the ordination is very clear from this rooftop here you've got soldiers marking it marching in from one area and the vehicles are all prepared right behind this big red building over here and they're going to come in

single file line right after them. or they don't thanks for the bring the view you go. yeah i just was having a quick remark as dawn was speaking we actually had a chance to see the two regiment old russian service women marching through the red square this is an interesting addition to the current russian army and i mean that . there are more and more women who are seeking to join the russian armed forces on the seeking to link their lives to the russian armed forces for instance when it comes to offices there are some of three thousand female officers right now in the ranks of the russian army so that is you say a record number the. take and she has the parade continues to unfold in the morning no at least of the twenty minutes of the splendor of what you're seeing is a big national holiday. marching. hold of russia

today. parts of crimea as well of course. now we are doing now we are actually looking at one of the most elite formations one of the most elite. branches of the russian military these are these special forces they are the paratroopers and the the most toughest they are some of the most toughest guys in the russian army and i mean it's not just guys now of course there. was a journalism sort of war training courses we've been embedded with them in one of their. positions and so indeed they are very very tough and i mean this particular this particular regiment it holds particular pride in what they're doing and every year they have some of the most solid can broad array between each

other. person looking on. top military looking on. the red berets this model so many different regiments taking part a reminder skin previews of just shooting in for instance for instance this is the military police and i've had a chance to work with these guys as well for instance in syria they're the ones who are doing the patrolling for instance or various liberated areas like the golan heights the. territory occupied in the north by israel in the north of syria the are the ones who started patrols who started patrols there when the territory was just liberated from the lawmakers state and they were the ones who also facilitated the return of the united nations peacekeepers there i mean i was talking about self don't think about this it is military police so they are trained to. to stop people who are trying to kill because if

a soldier goes rogue in the army they are the ones who are there to stop that soldier to stop them so people in the army i mean regular service men are trained to trained for combat now these are the people who are trained to handle those who are trained for combat and go rogue. course is worth remembering here in russia like britain where i come from many countries around the world national service is compulsory. i think i guess that instills the feeling of pride as well as well and it's something many of the guys here that i work with. have a. you tell yourself this feel like to to do national service and then see your colleagues if you like marching here must instill this kind of pride you can see why it is still a young age well it doesn't still at the young age but i and yes indeed i did my

military service not in the not in the traditional sense of the way i just a bit more of a military i received something of a more of a military education not just serving a year within the russian army but when it comes to would do this parade for instance in stills from the youngest age it is the desire for peace and i mean it may sound a bit contradictory if i may say so but no the whole point of this parade is to again to commemorate this huge sacrifice this huge sacrifice that the soviet nation and now the russian nation sort of by proxy played in the war and the so all it does is aid to show that. russia is capable of defending itself but also that russia doesn't want a repetition of anything like that and i think what we're looking right now is it is something of a route of. a raw. part of what the infantry part could dance for

you see the same petersburg naval school also taking part debts of the young army the national military petrologic social movement association calls good debt to the russian investor to big or first time ever a red square moment for them but a bit nerve wracking as well soldiers of the russian ground forces students of the combined arms academies. and also as well as students of the radiological the chemical biological protection military academy what do you know about them yeah i think so i think most of. those of us of explanatory but we've seen them you know what i think i think there is we have we have already seen the march march past but right now right now entering entering the red square is the federal security service russia's effort to speed russia's f.s.b. yes indeed. this is will still be beautiful the border force of russia

small aside i was about to say i was in domodedovo airport just last week and you see the guys they look at your passport very nice smiley generally and. they are in fact another face of the f.s.b. slightly less formal than the marching you do mr job number less keeping the borders safe here didn't going to be the same thing will disable innocent people as will the story. do the same job for the country of interesting lee right now marching across the red square. these servicemen over a brigade where i happen to spend a couple of like around a month or so which was part of my military education and it has one of the largest you know drill drill sites in all of russia for example for example the famous tank biathlon. competition takes place on the territory of the brigade the same

thing to me was the rest of the world it rushes to the top by often competition oh it's something it's basically it collects a number of tank crews from around the world from russia from china from where areas from various. countries that want to express their willingness to take part in that competition and so they basically drive around in tanks and they showcase their maneuverability the way they can handle terrain at their accuracy as well and all of that is done north as a sort of a military exercise thing but. more of. more of a game of jeopardy is going to there's a big noise toys there is that it has it has something it has more of a gaming feeling to it except it is men in tanks on a massive drill site than that but it doesn't look like your regular maneuvers it's so well you know that all of the and everything well for

a person who's interested in all this military commotion you know this is quite exciting it looks quite exciting i mean it makes a good show as a good that the office of people call it has something it has something of a win win combination really it's it's a lot so it's a massive playground and lots of special effects that are there which are not c.g.i. which is not computer graphics but each of their organic. talk of some. value all consist in red square and the right continues we haven't seen the hardware they would talk about coming on to those. services in red square in front of. splendiferous and you know what they are just a problem actually what's happening now. joe i don't know if you could it be because i could barely hear you what you just saw driving past me that was the old boss and all but. that very average of all time greats in history. in your usual up

front lines which managed to become a legend of the second world war one of the best tanks. of the time now behind me these tank columns an armored vehicle column a sub just got moving may feature a whole bunch of technology more radical talked a bit later about but some the tanks we can see on display are the part in suit of missile launches the tiger armored vehicles just coming up here behind me now of course we're also going to see the armada tanks coming up a bit later i believe will be able to see new version of the new variant this year every year there tends to be as something new for military if you just to have a look at. that is the b.t.r. fighting vehicle all these vehicles or many of them have the flags the insignia of the military units they belong to of course this is the hallmark of following up behind me now quite a spectacular sight i mean what else in moscow will you be able to see thousands of troops and hundreds of armored vehicles and tanks driving through the center here

not all that large of maybe. a hundred thirty two are believers egal was saying tanks and armored vehicles ago some make their way through my national square where we are now on to red square there driving through behind me a little bit later we're able to show you some of the missile launchers as well a toppled missile launcher making their way down here as well. quite an amazing being within literally touching distance doesn't give the sailors eternal how close are you going to go where was the gore just a little bit later. as you were saying capitol but earlier when he got so many people this a display of military might and force. but the people that come here i really do come here some are can write the memories of their loved ones or to not war but i'm going to leave it here just because the sound is so overwhelming the ground to literally shaking up thirty five feet i'll leave you with this quarter to get back to you to see you know a little bit later. to be able to have

a slightly better get down side so that look behind you is the big so this is the start of what the cause of vehicle component to read a hundred fifty pieces of the very best modern military equipment but she later well speaking of modern military equipment actually traditionally this parade is opened by the legendary t. thirty four tank now it is out of service of course in the russian army but it was the main one of the main battle tanks over the soviet forces back in the one nine hundred forty s. so and it is another tradition that really carries on and on and on and goes on through the years and right now we're looking at the official beginning now before the understanding over of us is standing a little bit before the red squares you know we finally get to see the big parts of the parade before they officially roll into the red square but the red square of course be the pinnacle of this martial beyond the seas everyone cut

a remote control headphones that you know to keep everything marshaled like this to make it go all the time to make it leave on time because when you do you can even imagine i mean all these all these lines all have the military machinery they just they get a commander and all of them start their engines like this for instance they have several commands like they have start the engines start moving so it's not like they've struck the engines and start moving right away you know there are separate commands for surrender which i just want to put it again for all of us around the world that want to be so familiar to this you know where we're at least and george could see it's black kids already black orange lights all sort of those times as well describe to our international viewers the significance of these what they're about well it was one of the rip it was a ribbon to hold one of the one of the medals and sold it that became sort of a it's not a symbol that goes way back into the past but it started it's certainly learned about. ten ten years ago it was certainly very from on the really it was that so

that something that was influenced officially for instance and by the government it was in the independent initiative what will come but small addition to the party more it goes well this is reason to say again like go see the delegate bills as well the end of this coming single supposed. to cover some very spectacular where i thought you know you're pretty close to it to. the victory by the. minute but not just now the. easy option or. the seventeen. modernized version of an iconic time. in the ninety's but. most of the ninety's now rushing back home. to. put it

that the. holy. spirit pretty weak scout that it would be hard to pull firepower tree protection but it is. hard but i've gotta say. god knows about the ground shaking not. putting in the light. from. the sound of the power of the spirit nevertheless i say look at the. moving down the red square showing the russians the military stands ready to defend . up next saddam. self-propelled out something fifty two million acres reaching thirty killed. with this out of the picture hit me

in the back in the behind the front line in there. there are. a. lot of the. one out of the country the little. guy. the bad guy not corny so be it but. it's god and god. deal nato not a thing you know not a lot to be honest about the scottish police to this song top secret it isn't even know it how many different. heads out there are seven the public may have known

that. the personality of the song still kept secret. would translate to coordinate a long range multiple rocket launchers the p.t.b. of the enemy ninety kilometers away with guided missiles and capable of dropping ten tons of high explosive would. be a second. now coming up. but. not limited to. all right thanks very much more raw just so noisy down there is no these things how much they have on them is easy for us to say we in the studio but when you study next to one of the it's not often you get to say it was a fan and also it's deafening it's literally deafening now interesting. enough

right now rolling into the red square are the s four hundred. it's the it's the s four hundred right now it's always in the news a cold so triumph and it is so what we know about it right now it uses four missiles to fill its performance below but is very long range it can strike targets all the way up to four hundred kilometers long and even even the short and like medium range forty to a hundred and twenty kilometers is this is going to so that it's hard it's perch saying controversially to some people in there india saudi arabia also more still blocks of lots of countries are looking into sort of. looking into opportunities or buying their way the this option or they have already bought it and i mean it has if it has become a sort of a bone of contention because for example for instance the united states they don't

want other countries not even not especially not nato members. turkey buying russia's arms but i mean the s. four hundred systems they have already shown it's over in syria those are the anti missile defenses that are used on russia's. and i mean they do have to do their job there quite often of because syria in the syrian rebels the syrian militants and the radicals in the province of the northern province of idlib they do quite often launch their project trying to hit the russian base. and well the s four hundred systems are among those that have been killed in the base they generally these days again people looking on internationally what she was this morning. how much out of the game is russia when it comes to developing military hardware it's always been. nam for it is now well in russia technology

russia of course is one of major exporters of all arms it is does fall behind the united states but it is still it does try to play a big role when it comes to arms exports for instance the s four hundred system that i've just been talking about was designed specifically to four x. four what i mean it was rounded as something something to go for export so it was branded as a thing to not only to be used to so in the russian army but also abroad and would you say it was also the missile that's the massive missile that we know always going to get. but i mean it is i think about that yeah well these are the this is the rub out this is the wrap up of the military hardware the hardware pods the of the great hope to show for now if all of us had just joining us just recapping the celts international is going to the

eleven o'clock in the morning is made the night there on the big big massive things that we just saw these are of course the fences and it is part of the nuclear missile shield the nuclear shield of russia massive business nothing only in a silo is it launched launched from it it can be these i would use a mobile these m over these mobile things but that's the that's the key thing about the your arse complex so yes indeed you are absolutely right some are often these missile of there are stored in silos but these these rockets that they well. they are mobile so they can be taken anywhere now of course there's no way of knowing if they're going to all those political insight i mean nobody i mean it's like it is all over which you know we can guess but my guess would be no my guess would be it's just a shell casing officially. well certainly we're very close to it all the hawkins

year fishley. but we'll never know properly that everything is up so the live ready to go there. the way you are there what's the mood like you know we've seen everything go past you there we've seen the men the women saving the country young and old we've seen the hardware extremely press if you're into this kind of thing or not you could miss it but when you're actually down there amongst it it must be thrilling. your activities and squalor describable i had to come on i'm sure last time because i literally couldn't hear you're coming here myself to just see these dozens of armored units are driving past the ground shaking. people's clothes being blown away by the sheer force of these vehicles driving past the driving force you back all no way out of the four right now led by that original t. forty five time the one that's become legendary in a symbol of

a soviet military might in a second world war just driving past me back the other way as you can see quite tremendous atmosphere here i just want to touch upon something you and you got to speak about of the studio which is the point of view that this parade is a show of strength of military bias of sort of thing that was the nationalism but certainly the points of view or perhaps some people that's one side of the story but the thousands of people like coming here to this square that attend these other parades throughout the country they come to these four raves and these are vibrant services with tears in their eyes veterans come here every year there's fewer and fewer of them as they get older they come here she handed him a leave with flowers covered in flowers the people give the people want to hug up to our photos were they really have the state or saw heroes of legends here among people it's quite hard to convey the emotion the people have i suppose the closest we haven't you k. cameron will be remembrance day him as are not multiplied by many. times that is

what happens here all the my life excuse if you've got me beat so you won't know you're selling goods i was just wanted to say what me again i wanted to let all of us know if they just show you this is well this is a time when you know people families here in the company been awesome we only put the word around because every family. was touched by this during the great coverage of the only war of the second world war what you would call it is a lot of the second world war over here in the east your family goes without saying although you'll offer to she will still russian connections as well and there's a bit of a surprise a connection made even the last few days you didn't even know about within your family in fact your grandmother didn't even know i think tell us about that for a while what's the story with you. here that's right kevin just just one small story above many thousands here but we did some research into foreign history we always knew the grandma had. a father faults he was mobilized during the second all

the early days he went to fire to stalin but one of the key battles that he got mike shinoda great patriotic war was the turning point where the nazi forces sometimes lost some of their suffered some of the biggest losses he died their knowledge in forty soup was a grandma didn't know was that she had a half brother from could do steve the soldier who died in starling rat who lived very far away and reside in central russia and we managed to bring them together on this square all this day for the very first time both of them in their eighty's already where they could meet search share some family photos some memories and most celebrate the memory of could do a stat soldier who for all time died and started got it largely due to quite a lot of emotions here are just a drop in the ocean all the emotions that are to come because of course stop the parade is finished after i think supply and out here a little bit there will be a continuation of that. i believe the march shall be i'm also regimens where

relatives distant relatives and friends family of those who fought so many of whom died in the second world war they will then make a march along here as well holding up photographs and portrayed software of their ancestors who sacrificed their lives in the second walter or tell us about us out of their place a little later on in our time here a secret tell us a little bit more about the immortal regimen that's a relatively new thing probably maybe families kept this kind of more privately before but they can certainly hear it on the streets for the last ten years now carrying placards of their families their loved ones with their personal stories of what happened to the great cutting war yeah it's a really huge thing here isn't there on this national holiday in russia you can under us estimate how many people get involved has been reported more than at least half the population probably more but certainly at least half of the population said they are going to be coming out onto the streets today to mark this simply

wants to be a mortal regiment yeah. absolutely estimated a million or more just here in moscow ten million throughout russia the most fascinating thing about this cabin of course it began as a very small. loss of remembrance back in twenty twelve when a small relatively small siberian city since then is gone you lowball it's not only urban to here in russia and moscow it's going to be celebrated in over one hundred countries worldwide over five hundred cities in europe in the united states and israel in asia in the u.k. as well i believe it's really something that has captured the hearts of the minds of the imagination of those people who want to as well as see this show of military might but most of all most of all to pay tribute to those who made such great sacrifices all those years ago and really who sacrifices enabled last decades later to live life the way we do. to have those freedoms and to be spared from such

a terrible fate so that march is going to begin to little later. to go to make their way down here it's going to take a couple of hours the sheer numbers of people attending move here alongside myself will bring you obviously coverage of that as a when it happens but certainly it's going to be an emotional day here in central moscow to have a. big march how it relates to we'll continue to bring our viewers around the world the coverage of it as they look on the part of our team to give us a flavor of what's happening there much appreciated and hawkins the he goes down out of the studio with me as well is that now i can't remember how this works though there's a fly past that sort of that is big but i'm afraid there was a good look at it when the red square i'm afraid that's it and notice how the completely skipped the jet part the jet fly over part from hardware they went right away to the closing part done by the infantry man now it was concluded by a performance of various units and of course you can see from uprooting and of

course commander in chief saying his goodbyes and farewells to probably thanking all the all the veterans and all the service men that made this parade possible and now i just want to quickly mention that this thing a parade of such scale can be possibly done in just one go there were plenty of rehearsals. before that plenty of rehearsals which also included the fly over parts the parts where the jets would be flying over and doing a bit of an aerial show all of that was we heard it and of course all of that was filmed on our website we have full versions we have like. so if you saw of course we couldn't watch the jet parts on the main day but there were parts but there were parts. of the body so apart basically they did their part during the rehearse. so you can go to our web site www dot com find it there and enjoy it if

you're if you're a bit of water treatment i say even if not really into tanks not really into this kind of thing you just cannot help. to be taken in by the scale of this is say the precision of it the amount of people that take part the respect that shown for the love the russians show for this day as a foreigner a great my breath away watching behavior the veterans will present a way for the armed forces to make its way along the line look at the medals on those guys again something i remember as a child looking at this thinking wow these these gentlemen are certainly serve their country over the years and very proud to meet the president we've enjoyed our coverage he goes down there for the studio don't cotton. down hawkins all i will be hearing more from them over the coming hours this may that. moscow and the rest of russia in the world celebrating victory day. the end of the great patriotic war as

world war two is known in russia still celebrated so proudly here and this was the seventy fourth. years since the end of it this may the ninth twenty nine to ten past eleven in the morning you're watching r.t. international well i hope you've enjoyed certainly was. said if you want to see the rehearsals that took place for rehearsals the last couple of days in fact in moscow if you want to see the fly over that took all the aircraft taking off just check out some of the vehicles more closely because i mean we don't have much time to appreciate them but if you want to if want to see them across the red square and if you want to read about those so all of what's happening last year in the last hour or so. have. there been filming is a quick recap if you missed it dear you want to see some of the highlights again let's check this out.

it's international law of printing a recap of what's happened over the last minute in ten or so used to seeing those live shots president bush is still making this way along the line of military officials the commanders generals except trimmer guys did of looking very smart as well down the litter in front of the tanks what a sight it was your right is one thing for us to talk over the shots as they come in but. you know your hardware press if you take us through it what we've seen over the last hour and ten for viewers just joining us well you know give a still shot a good little bit removed from all that shit move the rumbling in the vehicles driving by the earthquake that followed but that this is to be honest with you it's a little bit draining this is a little bit tiring psychologically because this is a show much that happens in the space of barely an hour from when we came here when it was empty but it was silent when the soldiers marched into. mission on to the

red square thousands and thousands of men standing at attention complete silence the ad becomes electric electrified apprehension everywhere and then the parade starts with vladimir putin's speech with the defense minister passing him the baton so to speak with remembrance minute of silence to remember the millions of people who gave their lives so this country could be free so that nazi germany could be stopped this is what this parade is about sure they show the latest in the best of russia's military hardware how shop and strong the troops but it isn't about making sure you know showing others outside of russia that russia is strong it's about showing russians that the army the military stands ready to defend them but what happened during wolf good to will never happen again and being here on the red square i can honestly tell you that message gets across really gets

a gross this is why it is it is why it is so psychologically draining because again so much happening in the span of an hour but this is my third year in a row in the red square it doesn't get old does it get old it's like again and again every time like being here for the first time so looking forward to next year to get more out of a letting go of a cup of tea by the sounds of it thank you very much for the coventry. or let's just remind our viewers next to some of the history here the victory parade was held on the twenty fourth of june not may twenty fourth of june ninth two forty five over a month after nazi germany's capitulation during the soviet era the next celebrations that were held on the twentieth and fortieth anniversary of the victory since one thousand nine hundred if military parades have been held annually in the last being on a course we brought you lawyer. those out there doing it when they're twenty fifty

up to seventy thousand of us are another big one to come next year as well the seventy fifth. so as you can say victory day holds a very special place in the popular consciousness in understatement rainy days it's not just a time for bold military displays it's also a time for quietly remembering the unimaginable suffering insured by soviet families during that awful war. one.

if. well one of the most devastating chapters in the history of the great patriotic war

was that of the siege of leningrad it began on the eighth of september one nine hundred forty one when nazi forces surrounded that city severing the last routes in and out it was true horror there and in the true testament human resilience the residents of leningrad faced with scripting hunger and heavy bombardment their faith never folded in the resistance. was.

well now that the military parades finished millions of relatives of those who lived through the wars we had expected to march through moscow taking part in what's known as the immortal regiment it is a huge thing in the last few years hawkins is in the russian capital this is something that touches families not just remembering the the the dignity the bravery with pride of what happened so many years ago and the sacrifices that were made is bringing it up today keeping young people on board with those memories and it's very private as well isn't it because so many families who are involved in this were touched by it over the years your family is a twist that you didn't even know about until a couple of days ago yeah. yeah that's about freud kevin i mean that there's several thousand people out here to see that the main part of the parade the military fly by which didn't happen this year unfolds to leave it tanks the parade but what more than a million people come here to attend. in moscow alone is the immortal regiment estimated that ten million across the whole country take part in some form or form

or another source of celebrated in over five hundred cities across one hundred ten countries globally as well that's how it's grown since twenty twelve when the first one to fart in the first into place rather in a siberian city of tomsk. people with portraits with photographs of their relatives who fought many of whom died in the second world war the great patriotic war taking part in a march of remembrance and commemoration and commiseration of those people who become heroes and legends and really fought to enable us to have the freedoms we do have today and as you mentioned kevin every family has their own story either somebody who join the resistance fought the nazis in the forest went to the front or just worked behind the lines perhaps in a factory or as a doctor every family put in their piece in this victory and many of those gave up

the paid the ultimate sacrifice paid with their life and you mentioned my family of course we did know their grandma had a father who fought and died in starling road one of the key battles of the eastern front in the second world war that was back in nineteen forty two what she didn't know until quite recently it was that she had a half brother from her father could do small to gulu fortune stalin rather who lived in khazan in central russia and we managed to do a bit of tracing tracing family history back a bit of research on social media on the internet i managed to get hold of his family and actually invite him to moscow to meet his half sister for the very first time both of them now in their eighty's what better time what better place to do it and to celebrate the memory of their father than on the month of may so we managed to film it had their meeting yesterday here know next the red square this is what happened.

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most the would i jump on the way to. put it suggests to me most of us from the one you say rang with. the most to move around but he said the words. are just one story of thousands of millions here in russia emma and elbrus have been watching the parade taking lots of photos enjoying their day and enjoying their reunion and what's most touching kevin most of all what speed do get the pictures of this immortal version of march is the unity among people that this day really really nice russians of all races religions creeds and colors and ages you know we see little children with their grandmothers great grandmothers all wearing the ribbons holding flowers holding the portraits and photos of the rounds of this

making a very long march from starting from north moscow going to central. central square red square here takes a quite a few hours but many pensioners in their sixty's seventy's eighty's insisted on going at all cost that's how much it means to them about so much it means to this country of course when that march does happen it will bring you all the updates here from red squirrel dan i'm sure the viewers run the world as well they're going to find you've heard sharing that little story with us as well pre-show the talk of the wage let's talk about some more over the last few weeks in the build up to this big day we brought you many personal touches stories just like dan's there the next is on a story she's a ninety four year old veteran who joined the resistance straight after she graduated from school becoming a front line scout but then she sustained injuries though that prevented her from having children later in life further her husband died just a few years ago so now. she's ola and i have one of us people to send her letters

and postcards to mark this day victory day and the response it seems with so police report has been overwhelming. push it to. the book and he just threw it to the meter there were heard the rumor that the agency here fear that we. needed to see this regime. for the middle east to get the preacher. and use it to leave u.v.b. very good. characters peevishness. person here they're here for the force you to. look good people are barely getting by you were. teaching me to quit the burglar or that.

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