The amount of military equipment on display was always likely to be underwhelming compared to recent years.
Russian military vehicles drive during a parade on Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2023Likewise, nix on any artillery. Infantry carriers and air defence systems, similarly, were in short supply.
Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launchers parade through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022.The marching troops were, for the most part, not actually troops but cadets and students of military universities. It was all a bit of a damp squib.
Georgian Communists with portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hold a rally during the Victory Day celebrations in Tbilisi on May 9, 2023. Georgia celebrates the 78th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, the six-member grouping of post-Soviet states that Putin would want the world to view as a Nato-equivalent, were present, but none seemed particularly happy to be there.
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