Sevastopol and Kerch are holding military parades to mark the 69th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 70th anniversary of Sevastopol's liberation.
Major-General Alexander Ostrikov, commander of the Coastal Forces of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, commanded the parade. Admiral Alexander Vitko, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, reviewed the parade. A company of drummers of the junior specialists' school of the Naval Forces Training Center formed from the diving school started the parade march.
They were followed by a battalion of the Pavel Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, officers of the Black Sea Fleet, battalions of anti-submarine brigades. Tigr armored vehicles, BTR-80 armored transportation, BM-21 valley fire systems, Rapira 100mm and Giatsit 152mm artillery, Podnos 82mm railguns, Igla and Osa missile systems, Bastion coastal missile systems, self-propelled communication machines and fire-fighting vehicles will be seen at the parade.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War will march after the Sevastopol Garrison. Fireworks will start at 10.00PM.
