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Kereta kebal T 90 semasa Parade V-Day di Red Square, Moscow. (T 90 tanks during the V-Day Parade on Red Square, Moscow. (RIA Novosti/Grigory Sysoev)

Rusia telah menyambut ulang tahun ke-69 dpd Kemenangan ke atas Nazi Jerman dalam Perang Patriotik Agung (Perang DUNIA Ke-2) dengan tradisional 9 Mei perarakan tentera di Red Square Moscow, yang memaparkan 11,000 tentera, 149 kenderaan tentera dan 69 pesawat pejuang. Jam pada menara Spasskaya Kremlin loceng berdering pada 10:00 masa Moscow untuk memberi isyarat yg permulaan perarakan Hari Kemenangan.

Hak utk membawa keluar bendera rasmi Persekutuan Rusia & banner Kemenan-gan tahun ini perginya askar daripada rejimen Preobrazhensky, yg telah menja-lankan perkhidmatan pengawal kehormatan di Red Square selama lebih 55 tahun. Kemenangan Banner asal adalah bendera merah, yang dipasang oleh tentera Soviet atas bangunan Reichstag di Berlin pada 9 Mei 1945 sebagai simbol kemenangan ke atas Nazi.

Selepas Menteri Pertahanan Rusia, Sergey Shoigu, memeriksa askar berkumpul di perbarisan tersebut, beliau dilaporkan kepada komander-in-ketua angkatan ten-tera Rusia, presiden negara, Vladimir Putin. "Ia negara kita yang dikejar Nazi untuk den mereka, dan mencapai kekalahan penuh dan muktamad mereka, menang di kos berjuta-juta mangsa dan ujian-ujian yang amat berat.

Kita akan sentiasa menjaga kesucian ini, kebenaran unfading, dan kita tidak akan membenarkan wira untuk dikhianati atau dilupakan - semua orang yang menye-lamatkan keamanan di planet ini, tidak membiarkan diri [dari kematian]," kata Putin. Perarakan secara tradisi dibuka oleh skuad pemain drum Kolej Muzik Ten-tera Moscow, yang menetapkan irama berarak bagi 11,000 pegawai yg mengambil bahagian dan askar.

Infantri yg mewakili semua cabang tentera Rusia & juga akademi tentera tlh mem-buat cara mereka di seluruh 256 meter dari Dataran Merah di kadar 110 hingga 120 langkah seminit. Kemasukan unit2 Angkatan Khas telah menjadi salah satu inovasi perarakan semasa mereka berarak dalm pakaian seragam perlindungan memberikan perlindungan ter-tinggi dari semua jenis asas peluru, dengan Val mesingan senyap & senapang penembak tepat VSS Vintorez di tangan mereka.

Victory Day parade: Cutting edge weaponry, Special Forces on Red Square (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Russia has celebrated the 69th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) with a traditional May 9 military parade on Moscow’s Red Square, which featured 11,000 troops, 149 military vehicles and 69 warplanes. The clock on the Kremlin’s Spasskaya tower rang its chimes at 10:00 AM Moscow time to signal the start of the Victory Day parade.

The right to bring out the official flag of the Russian Federation and the Victory banner this year went to the servicemen of the Preobrazhensky regiment, which has been carrying the honor guard service in Red Square for over 55 years. The original Victory Banner is the red flag, which was mounted by Soviet troops atop the Reichstag building in Berlin on May 9, 1945 as a symbol of victory over the Nazis.

After Russia’s defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, inspected the servicemen gathered for the parade, he reported to the commander-in-chief of the Russian armed forces, the country’s president, Vladimir Putin. "It's our country which chased the Nazis to their den, and achieved their full and final defeat, won at the cost of millions of victims and terrible ordeals. We will always guard this sacred, unfading truth, and we will not allow the heroes to be betrayed or forgotten – everyone who saved peace on the planet, not sparing oneself [from death]," Putin said.

The parade was traditionally opened by a drummer squad of the Moscow Military Musical College, who set the marching rhythm for the 11,000 participating officers and soldiers. The infantry representing all branches of the Russian army as well as military academies have made their way across the 256 meters of Red Square at the pace of 110 to 120 steps per minute.

The inclusion of the Special Forces units has become one of the innovations of the current parade as they marched in protective uniforms providing supreme protection from all the basic types of bullets, with Val silent machine guns and VSS Vintorez sniper rifles in their hands.

Triumf S-400 sistem peluru berpandu anti-pesawat dan Topol-M antara benua peluru berpandu balistik semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (RIA Novosti)

Kereta pertempuran GAZ -2330 'Tiger' telah membuka ruang mekanikal 149 unit, iaitu yang terbesar untuk mengambil bahagian dalam perarakan kemenangan sejak kejatuhan Kesatuan Soviet pada tahun 1991. Para peserta tradisional 9 Mei sambutan - BTR- 80 dan BTR- 82A kereta perisai, kereta kebal T- 90A, Buk -M2, C- 400 dan Pantsir S1 sistem peluru berpandu pemusnah pesawat, taktikal Iskander-M sistem peluru berpandu balistik dan Topol-M antara benua sistem peluru berpandu balistik - telah membuat satu lagi penampilan di Dataran Merah. Tetapi terdapat juga bahawa yg kenderaan tentera Rusia yang tidak pernah dipamerkan di perarakan sebelum ini, termasuk kereta perisai KAMAZ - 63968 'Taufan' per-tempuran, Tor - M2U sistem peluru berpandu pemusnah pesawat, Khrizantema - S sistem peluru berpandu antitank serta 2S19M2 Msta - S dimodenkan diri digerakkan senjata meriam.

GAZ -2330 ‘Tiger’ combat cars have opened the mechanized column of 149 units, which was the largest to participate in the Victory parade since the fall of Soviet Union in 1991. The traditional participants of the May 9 celebrations – BTR- 80 and BTR-82A armored vehicles, T-90A tanks, Buk- M2, C-400 and Pantsir S1 antiaircraft missile systems, tactical Iskander-M ballistic missile systems and Topol-M intercon-tinental ballistic missile systems – have made yet another appearance on the Red Square. But there were also military vehicles that Russia has never showcased at the parade before, including armored KamAZ-63968 ‘Typhoon’ combat cars, Tor-M2U antiaircraft missile systems, Khrizantema-S antitank missile systems as well as 2S19M2 Msta-S modernized self-propelled artillery guns.

Tiada satu pun kenderaan bersejarah dari era Perang DUNIA Ke II mengambil bahagian dalam perarakan semasa penganjur memutuskan untuk simpan untuk sambutan ulang tahun ke-70 Kemenangan tahun depan.

Bahagian akhir perarakan itu jejambat itu, yang melibatkan 69 pesawat dan helikopter untuk memadankan bilangan tahun berlalu sejak kemenangan ke atas Nazi Jerman.

None of the historic vehicles from the WWII era participated in the current parade as the organizers decided to save them for the celebrations of 70th anniversary of Victory next year. The final part of the parade was the flyover, which involved 69 planes and helicopters to match the number of years passed since the victory over Nazi Germany.

Ed-M2U permukaan-ke-udara sistem peluru berpandu semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (BUK-M2U surface-to-air missile systems during a parade marking the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, on Moscow's Red Square. (RIA Novosti)

Su-24M dan Su-34 pengebom; Su-25 pesawat penyerang; Su-27 dan MiG-29 jet pejuang; Pemintas MiG-31BM; An-22, An-124-100 & Il-76MD pesawat pengang-kutan tentera; Kapal tangki bahan api Il- 78M; A-50 AWACS pesawat, Tu- 22M3 jarak jauh pengebom; Tu-95MS dan pengebom strategik Tu-160, Yak-130 pesawat latihan tempur mengambil ke langit di ibu negara Rusia.

Su-24M and Su-34 bombers; Su-25 strike aircrafts; Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets; MiG-31BM interceptors; An-22, An-124-100 and Il-76MD military transport aircrafts; Il-78M fuel tankers; A-50 AWACS aircrafts, Tu-22M3 long-range bombers; Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers, Yak-130 combat training aircrafts took to the skies in the Russian capital.

Perarakan ini diakhiri dengan enam Su-25 pesawat pejuang, yang terbang pada ketinggian 300 meter, pada kelajuan 550 km/h, melepaskan asap merah, putih dan biru dalam warna bendera Rusia. Hari Kemenangan adalah salah satu hari terpen-ting bagi Rusia, kerana ia menandakan penyerahan Nazi Jerman ke Kesatuan Soviet dalam Perang DUNIA Ke-2 pada 9 Mei 1945. Perarakan pertama untuk mempe-ringati kemenangan Perang Dunia Ke II telah diadakan di Red Square pada 24 Jun, 1945, dengan perintah pemimpin Soviet Joseph Stalin.

The parade was concluded with six Su-25 strike aircrafts, which flew at an altitude of 300 meters, at a speed of 550 km/h, releasing red, white and blue smoke in the colors of the Russian flag. Victory Day is one of the most important holidays for Russia, as it marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War on May 9, 1945. The first parade to commemorate WWII victory was staged on Red Square on June 24, 1945, by order of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Kereta kebal Tank T90 semasa perarakan menandakan ulang tahun ke-69 daripada kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Agung di Red Square Moscow. (T90 tanks during a parade marking the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, on Moscow's Red Square. (RIA Novosti)

Kesatuan Soviet membayar harga yg tertinggi mana-mana negara utk kemenangan ini & hilang lebih 26 juta nyawa dalam konflik itu, dikenali sebagai Perang Patriotik Besar di bekas USSR. Perarakan tentera telah diadakan setiap tahun pd Red Square pada 9 Mei, bermula pada ulang tahun ke-20 kemenangan pada tahun 1965.

Tradisi digugurkan untuk beberapa tahun selepas kejatuhan Kesatuan Soviet, pada awal 90-an bergelora perlu dihidupkan semula pada tahun 1995. The Soviet Union paid the highest price of any nation for this victory and lost over 26 million lives in the conflict, known as the Great Patriotic War in the former USSR.