Part of the military show at the Moscow Cerny Square was on Friday for the first time also combat drones, which Russian forces use in the war in Ukraine. According to DPA and Reuters reports, TASR reports this.
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Si Jin-Pching, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and more than two dozen other foreign leaders watched, As through the vast square, vehicles with drones and other military equipment pass through. State television commentator said that the drones were largely used in Ukraine.
The show on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of World War II victory was also introduced Drones Lancet, Geran-2, Orlan-10 and Orlan-30. Reuters explains that Orlan drones are used for exploration missions and the selection of goals. Zala Lancet is a type of drone called ‘Waiting ammo’, used to attack and research. This type of drone during the war in Ukraine destroyed a number of Ukrainian military equipment, including tanks and a military plane.
Geran-2 is a Russian suicide or kamikadze drone whose design comes from Iran, where its previous version was made. The Russian forces used them during the war to attacks against the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Kiev also accused Moscow of using them to attack residential buildings. Russia, however, denies that it would deliberately attack civilians.
The Russian army has also performed tanks, armored transporters and exploratory vehicles, howitzers, S-400 air defense systems and the launchers of the strategic missile missile system. The military show ended with the flight of fighters, which created a tricolor over the Red Square.
Putin in his speech before the tour compared the struggle of the Soviet Union against the Nazis to the war, which Russia unleashed against neighboring Ukraine more than three years ago, Although the Kremlin continues to refer to this war as a “special military operation”, DPA writes. The Kremlin chief also said that the participants of this “special military operation are supported by the whole country, society and the nation”.
There were also several well -known faces in the crowd, including American director Oliver Stone and American action film actor Steven Seagal. The pictures can be found in the gallery.
