{"id":114854,"date":"2015-05-09T06:50:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T06:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114854"},"modified":"2015-05-09T06:50:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T06:50:30","slug":"russia-to-stage-massive-ww2-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/russia-to-stage-massive-ww2-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to stage massive WW2 parade"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russia is due to stage its biggest ever military parade in the capital Moscow to mark 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.<\/p>\n
Thousands of troops will march on Red Square, and new high-tech armour will be on show for the first time.<\/p>\n
More than 20 heads of states are in Moscow, but many world leaders are boycotting the event because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n
Russia denies claims by the West that it is arming rebels in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n
More than 6,000 people have been killed since fighting began in April 2014 in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions.<\/p>\n
Show of strength<\/strong><\/p>\n The victory parade in Moscow is due to start at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT), after a series of dress rehearsals on the streets of the capital.<\/p>\n Military units from across Russia – some dressed in WWII-era uniforms – will be marching, and more than 100 aircraft will fly over Red Square.<\/p>\n The most talked-about new hi-tech Russian armour is the T-14 Armata battle tank, which has a remote-controlled gun turret and reinforced capsule for the crew.<\/p>\n The RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles – each capable of delivering three nuclear warheads – will also be on show.<\/p>\n