May 9, 2025 11:10 Moscow, Red Square
Together with Vladimir Putin, heads of delegations from foreign countries were in the stand.
Before the start of the parade, in the Kremlin, the Russian President greeted the foreign leaders who had arrived in Moscow to take part in the ceremonial events.
The parade began with the carrying the Russian national flag and the Victory banner into Red Square. Oleg Salyukov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, General of the Army, commanded the parade, while Andrey Belousov, the Minister of Defense, reviewed it.
The foot column in Red Square included 55 parade units: more than eleven and a half thousand servicemen, including more than one and a half thousand of participants in the special military operation. Servicemen from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Egypt, China, Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar also took part in the Victory Parade.
The mechanized column was headed by the legendary Victory Tank T-34 and self-propelled artillery mounts SU-100. The main Moscow square also saw Tiger-M and VPK-Ural armored vehicles, Linza protected ambulances, BRM-1K combat reconnaissance vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles, BMP-3, Kurganets-25, BMD-4 and BTR-MDM Rakushka airborne combat vehicles, T-72BZM, T-80BVM and T-90M Proryv tanks. Missile troops and artillery were represented by self-propelled artillery systems, Iskander-M high-precision missile systems, S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, Yars missile launchers.
For the first time, the parade demonstrated unmanned aerial vehicles and loitering munitions Orlan, Lancet, Harpia and Geran.
The Victory Parade ended with the aviation display: the famous Cuban Diamond flew over Red Square – a rhombus of Su-30 and MiG-29 aircraft from the Russian Knights and Swifts aerobatic teams; Su-25 attack aircraft closed the parade formation, traditionally painting the sky in the colors of the Russian flag.
The Combined Military Orchestra of the Moscow Garrison accompanied the parade.
Speech by the President of Russia at the military parade
V. Putin : Dear citizens of Russia! Dear veterans! Esteemed guests! Comrade soldiers and sailors, sergeants and petty officers, midshipmen and warrant officers! Comrade officers, generals and admirals!
I congratulate you on the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War!
Today, we are all united by feelings of joy and sorrow, pride and gratitude, and admiration for the generation that crushed Nazism and, at the cost of millions of lives, won freedom and peace for all of humanity.
We faithfully preserve the memory of these historical, triumphant events. As the heirs of the victors, we celebrate the holiday of May 9 as our own, as the most important for the country, for the entire nation, for each family, for each of us.
Our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers saved the Fatherland. They bequeathed to us to defend the Homeland, to be united, to firmly defend our national interests, our thousand-year history, culture, traditional values - everything that is dear to us, that is sacred to us.
We remember the lessons of World War II and we will never agree with distortion of its events, with attempts to justify the executioners and slander the true victors.
Our duty is to defend the honor of the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, the great feat of representatives of different nationalities, who will forever remain in world history as Russian soldiers.
Russia has been and will be an indestructible barrier to Nazism, Russophobia, anti-Semitism, and will fight the atrocities committed by the proponents of these aggressive, destructive ideas.
Truth and justice are on our side. The entire country, society and people support the participants of the special military operation. We are proud of their courage and determination, the strong spirit that has always brought us only victory.
Dear friends!
The Soviet Union took the most ferocious, merciless blows of the enemy. Millions of people who knew only peaceful labor, took up arms and stood to the death on all heights, bridgeheads and borders, determined the outcome of the entire World War II by unconditional victories in the largest battles near Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper; by the courage of the defenders of Belarus, who were the first to meet the enemy; by the resilience of the participants in the defense of the Brest Fortress and Mogilev , Odessa and Sevastopol, Murmansk, Tula, Smolensk; by the heroism of the residents of besieged Leningrad, the courage of all who fought at the front, in partisan units and underground, the valor of those who evacuated the country's factories under enemy fire, who worked on the home front sparing no effort, at the limit of their strength.
The Nazis' plans to take over the Soviet Union were ruined by the country's truly iron unity. The people demonstrated mass heroism, all the republics bore the common, heavy burden of war.
The contribution of Central Asian and Transcaucasian people was enormous. From these regions, trains with everything the front needed were constantly running. The regions opened hospitals and became the second home for hundreds of thousands of evacuees. Locals shared shelter, bread, and warmth with the evacuated people.
We honor every veteran of the Great Patriotic War, we bow our heads before the memory of all who gave their lives for the Victory. Before the memory of sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends.
We bow our heads before our comrades-in-arms who died fighting bravely in the righteous battle for Russia.
A minute of silence is declared.
(A minute of silence.)
Dear friends!
Almost 80 percent of the planet's population was drawn into the fiery orbit of World War II.
The complete defeat of Nazi Germany, militaristic Japan and their satellites in different regions of the world was achieved through the united nations’ joint efforts.
We will always remember that the opening of the second front in Europe – after the decisive battles on the territory of the Soviet Union – brought Victory closer. We highly value the contribution of the allied armies soldiers, the participants of the Resistance, the courageous people of China, to our common struggle. We highly value the contribution of all those who fought for a peaceful future.
Dear friends!
We will continue to look up to veterans, their sincere love for the Motherland, their determination to defend their homeland, the values of humanism and justice. We will give these traditions, this great heritage the most important place in our hearts and we will pass it on to future generations.
We will always rely on our unity in military and peaceful affairs, in achieving strategic goals, in solving problems in the name of Russia, its greatness and prosperity.
Glory to the victorious people!
Happy Holiday!
Happy Great Victory Day!
Hooray!
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Source: Kremlin.ru
