A parade in honor of the 74 anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War was held in Donetsk
On the military parade in honor of the Great Victory, held on the main street of Donetsk, gathered tens of thousands of residents of the city and the republic. People came with their families, filling in all the free space. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War are located in the most prominent place.
The parade is commanded by Colonel Eduard Peleshenko, deputy chief of staff of the People’s Police Department, and Major General Denis Sinenkov, head of the People’s Police Department, receiving the parade.
To the music of the song of the composer Aleksandrov “Sacred War”, the famous group of servicemen of a separate convoy detachment of the People’s Militia “Wolf” passed along the building of the parade calculations and the stands with the veterans.
The parade opened a foot column in the composition of the calculations divisions NM NMD, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Internal Affairs, cadets of the Republican Military Lyceum and the Donetsk Higher All-Arms Command School. For the first time, participants of the Young Guard-Yunarmiya patriotic movement passed along Artem Street. As part of the ceremonial calculations almost 1500 people.
The passage of a mechanized column has traditionally been opened by the legendary tank of the Great Patriotic War - T-34. The convoy was equipped with equipment that was in service with the army of the republic: BMP, armored personnel carrier, Tanks T-64 and T-72, combat vehicles of the Strela-10 air defense system, Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, Grad systems, 120-mm regimental mortars, Rapira anti-tank guns, D-30 and Msta-B howitzers "
Immediately after the end of the parade's military unit, the procession of the "Immortal Regiment" began, in which thousands of residents of the republic participate. People carry not posters not only with photos of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War, but also defenders of the republic who laid down their heads in battles with the Ukrainian invaders.
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