Rossia-24 even has a camera mounted on one of the tanks! Looks like a bone-rattling ride.
Here's a photo from the Moscow parade. Looks like a tank selfie:
A veteran of the Red Army's medical service enjoying Victory Day with loved ones at home:
Here is the much-awaited Armata-based T-14 main battle tank at the Victory Day parade in Moscow:
They are rolling the ICBMs through Red Square now, emphasizing that they are capable of defeating any antimissile defense systems.
The military vehicle section of the parade in Moscow is now over and they are moving to the air parade, beginning with a Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber.
Here's a reminder for latecomers who love airplanes:
Russia's Rossia-24 state television is showing the Moscow Victory Day parade live from Red Square. You can watch it here.
Russia's Channel One state television has the parade live here.
If you read Russian, Kommersant has a really impressive historical project of the last days of the Battle of Berlin. Worth bookmarking.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Here are some snippets from President Putin's pre-parade speech courtesy of Interfax:
MOSCOW. May 9 (Interfax) - Russia is grateful to the Allies for the
contribution to routing Nazism, President Vladimir Putin has said.
"The great victory will always remain the heroic culmination of the
history of this country. But we also remember our Allies," he said at
the parade in Moscow's Red Square on the 70th anniversary of V-Day.
"We are grateful to the people of Great Britain, France and the
United States for their contribution to the victory. We are grateful to
the antifascists in many countries that selflessly fought in partisan
units and in the underground, including Germany itself," he said.
Putin stressed that international organizations formed after World
War II laid the foundation of the post-war world order and demonstrated
their effectiveness.
"We remember the historic Elbe Day meeting of Allies. The
confidence and unity that became our common legacy. The example of the
unification of nations for the sake of peace and stability. It was these
values that formed the core of the post-war world order," he said.
It was then that the United Nations was set up and the system of
modern international law formulated.
"These institutions have proved their effectiveness in settling
disputes and conflicts," the Russian president stressed.