🇷🇺🇷🇺⚰️📹 — Putin declared a minute of silence in memory of those who died in the "Great Patriotic War" (World War II)

🇷🇺📞🇨🇳🇹🇼🇹🇼 — Russian President Vladimir Putin at May 9 Parade:

The defeat of Nazism happened through the joint efforts of the countries of the United Nations, we will always remember that the opening of the second front brought victory closer

➡️ Putin specifically mentioned the participation of the Chinese people in World War II, referring to the Chinese People's Liberation Army present at the parade.

📝Historical note:

➡️ The PLA, the military branch of the Chinese Communist Party, was a minor player on the defeat and eventual expulsion of Japanese Empire from China, with most of the chinese casualties and war effort coming from Kuomintang/ROC's National Revolutionary Army, the Nationalist forces

🇷🇺🪖📹 — The Russian Federation anthem is performed on Red Square

🇷🇺🇦🇿🪖📹 — Azerbaijani Army soldiers march on the parade in Moscow

🇰🇿🇷🇺🪖📹 — Kazakhstan Army march on the parade in Moscow

🇹🇲🇷🇺🪖📹 — Turkmenistan's parade squad march on Moscow

🇧🇾🇷🇺🪖📹 — Belarusian Army parade in Moscow as part of May 9 celebrations

🇺🇿🇷🇺🪖📹 — Uzbekistan Army parade in Moscow as part of May 9 celebrations

🇻🇳🇷🇺🪖📹 — Vietnam People's Army participate at the Victory Parade under the flag of the Communist Regime of their country

Officials of the Vietnamese Regime are seen at the parade

🇪🇬🇷🇺🪖📹 — Egyptian Army soldiers join the May 9 parade in Moscow, carrying rather old and ceremonial rifles as they march

🇹🇯👑🪖📹 — Tajikistan Armed Forces display the Tajik Pan-Iranian flag as they march on Moscow

🇨🇳🇷🇺🪖📹 — Communist China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) march in Moscow as part of May 9, despite not even existing as a force during the days of World War II

🇱🇦🇷🇺🪖📹 — Lao People's Army, the army of the small Marxist-Leninist Regime between Socialist Vietnam and the Thai Monarchy, also took place at May 9 parade

🇲🇳🇷🇺🪖📹 — The Mongolian Army also participated on the May 9 parade

In a rare appearance outside its homeland, this is definitely not the first time the Mongolian Army has made a presence in Moscow.

🇲🇲🇷🇺🪖📹 — Soldiers of the Tatmadaw/Myanmar Military Junta are also seen participating on the May 9 parade

➡️ The chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC, the legitimate government), General Min Aung Hlaing, is seen on background

➡️ Myanmar since 2021 Counter-Revolution is in a multi-faceted civil war, as the Military Junta fights Muslim militants, buddhist extremists, multiple ethnic separatists, Pro-Democracy Antifascist "rebels" and Chinese-backed communist guerrillas

🇷🇺🪖📹 — Steven Seagal, a member of the International Congress of Russophiles, was spotted at the Red Square

🇷🇺🪖📹 — Su-35 and MiG-29 opened the air part of the Victory Parade.

Six Su-25s painted the tricolor in the sky of Moscow