Participants of the Victory parade, which will be held on June 24 in Vladikavkaz, held a rehearsal at Ploshad' Svobody (Freedom square), the press service of the southern military district reported.
"The flag group with the national flag of the Russian Federation, copies of the Victory Banner and the banner of the Russian Armed forces, honor guard in the uniforms of the three branches of the armed forces, the main control of the 58th army, consolidated companies and battalions and units of the army located within the boundaries of the Vladikavkaz garrison, a front group of the North-Caucasian Suvorov military school, as well as a front from the North Caucasus region of national guard troops of the Russian Federation passed on the main square of Vladikavkaz", the message reads.
More than 1,1 thousand people passed through the square. In addition, 53 units of equipment were involved, including UAZ-3151 cargo and passenger vehicles, T-90 tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, GAZ-2330 Tiger multi-purpose vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, Iskander-M tactical missile system, Msta-S howitzers, Ural-4320 vehicles with 120 mm 2b11 mortars, and a multi-purpose mobile vehicle communications complex "Redut", command and staff vehicles R-149aksh, "UAZ "patriot" cars, "Hurricane" multiple rocket systems.
Musical accompaniment was provided by the military band of the Vladikavkaz garrison.
Six helicopters flew over the square after passing the parade crews and equipment. "The demonstration flight involved an aviation group on attack helicopters Mi-28 "Night hunter", transport-combat Mi-35, transport-assault Mi-8AMTSH "Terminator" each of two units, " the press service reported.
The Victory parade in Vladikavkaz will be held on June 24 at 10: 00 local time.
Victory parades June 24
Parades in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory will be held on June 24 in 28 cities of Russia, including hero cities and cities where the headquarters of military districts, armies, army corps, and fleets are stationed. Many other cities are expected to hold celebrations in other formats, including processions. In some regions, due to the epidemic situation, the authorities refused to hold marches or decided to hold parades without spectators.
In the South of Russia, military parades will be held in the hero cities of Volgograd, Kerch, Novorossiysk and Sevastopol, as well as in Rostov-on-don, Novocherkassk, Stavropol, Vladikavkaz and Kaspiysk. More than 43 thousand military personnel will take part in them, and more than 800 modern weapons and military equipment, as well as equipment from the Great Patriotic war, will be involved.
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Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Based on materials from TASS