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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

May 10, 2021, 10 tweets

Some highlights from yesterday's Victory Day parade on Red Square.

Russian USN SBP FSO officers providing security over Red Square with an ORSIS T-5000. 2/
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Video of the aerial portion of the parade with Mi-26, Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-35, Mi-24, Ka-52, and Mi-28N helicopters; Il-76, Tu-95MS, Il-78, and Tu-160 aircraft. 3/
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Tu-160, Su-35S, Su-24, MiG-31K with Kinzhal dummy missiles, Su-57, Su-34, Su-30SM, and MiG-29 aircraft. This included the Vityazi and Strizhi aerobatic teams. 4/
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The aerial portion concluded with Su-25BM. 5/

Military equipment staging on Tverskaya before the parade. 6/

The equipment portion began with T-34-85 tanks. 7/
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T-34-85 tanks on Red Square. 8/
Photos: Евгений Биятов and Сергей Гунеев
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Then came Typhoon-PVO, Typhoon-VDV, BMP-2M with Berezhok turrets, BM-11 Kurganets-25 with Epokha turrets, BMP-3, T-72B3M, and T-80BVM. 9/
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Four Uran-9 UGVs. 10/
Photos: Сергей Гунеев
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