The situation: Heavy equipment will not participate in the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9

Heavy equipment will not participate in the Victory Day Parade on May 9 in Moscow. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Suvorov, Nakhimov and cadet corps students will also not take part in the event.

"Pupils of the Suvorov military and Nakhimov schools, cadet corps, as well as a column of military equipment will not take part in the military parade this year due to the current operational situation," the report said.

According to the Ministry of Defense, military personnel of military universities of all and individual branches of the armed forces will be in the column.

During the broadcast of the parade, the work of military personnel will be demonstrated The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of all types and types of troops performing tasks in the SMO zone, as well as those on combat duty and combat service, including as part of calculations at the control points of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Aerospace Forces and on Navy ships.

Aerobatic aircraft of air groups will fly over Red Square, and at the end of the parade, pilots of Su-25 attack aircraft will paint the sky of Moscow in the colors of the Russian flag.