On Tuesday, only one military tank participated in the Victory Parade in Russia. Vladimir Putin attended and spoke at the parade, which also did not have aircraft.
The footage of the parade that took place on Red Square in Moscow did not go unnoticed. The tank (T-34) shown in the circulating images is usually used to open the parade.
However, this combat vehicle is usually followed by more modern combat vehicles, which are used in the parade to demonstrate the power of the Russian armed forces. This year the parade also had no air means.
Last year, the T-34 was joined by the T-14 and T-74, two of the most modern tanks used in the war in Ukraine. Independent.
Images from previous years show a significant reduction in the number of devices used. ABOUT Independent it says that 51 military vehicles were used this year, compared to 197 in 2021 and 131 in 2022.
As for the number of military personnel involved in the parade, there is also a reduction. In 2022, 11 thousand soldiers paraded, this year only eight thousand.