Amilitary parade dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 Great Patriotic Warwas launched on Moscow's Red Square at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on Monday.The parade involves about 20,000 servicemen and cadets. Two hundred elite officers from Russia's Space Forces march on Red Square for the first time in history of the Victory Day parades.The servicemen are wearing new-style field uniforms, introduced in the Russian Armed Forces this year.The event also involves a march pass of over 100 pieces of military hardware, including Topol-M ballistic missile launchers, S-400 Triumph air defense systems,Pantsyr-S1 air defense systems,Iskander-M missile launchers,Smerch multiple rocket launchers, BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, and T-90 main battle tanks.
Deputy chief of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov, is running the parade. Read the story here
