MOSCOW // Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to protect its base in Syria and some of the Russian jets flying missions there screamed overhead as it showcased its military war machine on Moscow’s Red Square on Monday.The annual Victory Day parade – marking the 71st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War – took place in bright sunshine as president Vladimir Putin looked on from a tribune filled with Soviet war veterans, some of whom wore rows of campaign medals and clutched red roses.The Russian leader, …read more
Source: The National