A sleep i observe lock down hits revealed pubs and restaurants will take the names and details of customers to track people down and if there are further virus products. Hello good morning welcome it is wednesday the 24th of june youre watching r. T. International where its just gone 9 oclock here in the russian capital. Now offer a delay caused by the Global Pandemic moscow is finally holding its huge military parade today marking the 75th anniversary of the soviet the tree of a not siege. Many traditionally the event is held on may the 9th but the coronavirus did put paid to that this year so todays event was chosen and todays date was chosen for the do you believe instead as it actually coincides with the date of the very 1st victory parade. In commemoration of victory over germany in the great patrick wall for june 24th 945 find scheduling a parade of the active army for the navy and moscow garrison the victory parade in moscows red square. It was a long anticipated and unfit get simple day some people strongly believed it would come. We were looking at the pile of wet cloths and thinking that the long expected victory had come and we the war is that how people to free the motherland bring back peace is my contribution so. Well winding around and reaching the troops i could see rain trickling from their camps but this year its way too high to even notice it was a gloomy sunday red squares cobblestones were wet the bunches of flowers that we got after the parade were away but years on my heart doesnt believe in those memories the 24th of june 1945 has become a part of my life it was the most cheerful and sunny day. Well there is just under an hour to go before the parade does kick off and all participants are on their starting blocks at the fleet of Armored Vehicles taking part is moved from its base to the very heart of moscow where the parade will take place shortly on red square our correspondent he goes you don of was lucky to be part of that Early Morning processing on board one of the tanks lets cross live to him now ego i guess the anticipation is they already. Well absolutely empty and well indeed you can see well a lot of heavy military equipment behind me next to me head of me too and its an easy guess what they are doing here we are on to sky street one of moscows main streets and this is were where these where these machines are waiting for the parade to begin this is where from they will roll onto the red square you talk about anticipation well it has been building building up gradually because of course this is normally this normally takes place on the 9th of may the victory day but well we all know what happened covert 19 it was postponed indefinitely and well but here we are finally and i have to tell you we started moving from about 20 kilometers away from here and we started doing that at about 6 oclock in the morning and i can tell you there are very few things that can get me out of bed at 6 oclock in the morning but there were plenty of people lining up along the streets to greet to wave their hands to the to the crews all these machines happy excited about this event also they were waving all sorts of flags from the flags of the flag of russia to the flags of their military units where they used to serve perhaps speak with children families and i frankly i was surprised that many people were lining up along the streets along the route of this procession yes of this procession. You know you mentioned that you came to work in a special form of trance principle this morning it was a tank high was it. Well it wasnt exactly a tank technically its a tank support unit none the less well it makes up for it with its name because it is known officially as terminator not just terminator but term. Srey not an old managed to any hollywood plot so anything but rather a sign of the fact that it is the newest and the most perfect modification and you dont have to take my word for it because they did record a short piece describing and it is a new piece of equipment as well it really has been in the russian army for only about a couple of years and it was already tested in syria but again i recorded something as i was on my way to here to 1st street and i think we can show it now to you. We are in the russian capital about 20 or so kilometers away from the red square its about 5 oclock in the morning and this is where it all begins this is where all the military hardware will all military machines park station before they rule towards the very heart of moscow and this beast is the one that we are actually going to be riding in. This tank support unit actually has a catchy name and that terminator 3 and these machines including this one were tested the hard way in 2017 that was sent to syria to take part in the war and that was how they earned their permanent place in the Russian Armed forces. Well when it comes to weaponry this machine is very versatile for instance it carries guided antitank missiles you can see them over there for instance painted red apart from that it has 33 millimeter machine. You can see them from over. Here. And back to. All of this makes the world live up to its name and its reputation because. Sorts of things from the Armored Vehicles helicopters and other local markets. Well one of the downsides of this particular machine is that it is very very expensive even by the military standards for instance somebody would. Produce a tank might be actually cheaper to produce this tank support unit but well right now it is in the best shape it can be because thats what it takes to roll. On a parade. You know she died of their world for russia today is largely about world war 2 veterans and survivors who are giving thanks for achieving the victory over nazi germany this year too we launched the victory mail project offering you the chance to deliver your messages of thanks for sharing your stories and feelings to just to say hello from a different part of the world to a veteran and weve got some examples to show you for example this one this is a letter from germany was sent back in april to moscow we have another one here this was actually sent from ukraine and that was back in may 2 just ahead the original day and it was sent to a veteran in russia a 3rd one here this was a letter from russia written to a French Resistance veteran so a real variety in children have been busy actually made their own cards we got a big one to show you here this is from a little girl from russia she says that. Father was fighting in the front line too but he died before she was born and she wishes she says a good healthy and cath from her family and friends about so they are just some of the many many that is that have been sent in response to the campaign that we launched. For the. Cia we go left. Or right. Or i think that all the 3 may at work with kerry. And me. To be put in the seed. Place you are. At war and. You. Know its. Nice to know when youre putting. Words in there that way you got good yes. But that really did me where i mean where. Do you put a very. Big way you will that. Was. Moved. Here in ram or fertilizers were really good reading for. The boys that were good when you have but you will be here for a. While. Victory in the great patriotic war is not only being celebrated on earth this year but in and to space 2 russian cosmonauts on board the International Space station sent their congratulations. And i get there is a dear friends we russian anatoly venetian and iran where congratulate all the russian people on the anniversary of the story in 1945 a victory parade in exactly 75 years ago about one of the 24th of june so you tories of your warrior and military vehicles the main square of our country that recently the market at the end of the great war when the victory of the nation in order. To see what the dog days parade is not only the symbol of the caring attitude and the military achievements of the motherland it is an honor to continue the renowned military traditions of the russian army masochists also a demonstration of our cutting edge military solutions where in the state we want to address the war heroes of 945 parade but it has been to say we remember we are proud thank you for the victory now is time does march on relentlessly sames from the world changing events it does seem to you that history is not always being remembered the same way in may the white house paid tribute to the u. S. And u. K. For delivering victory in the 2nd world war completely ignoring the soviet effort and not only is not the any example of airbrushing the past either that hawkins reports now from victory park in moscow. For russians the night of my victory parade is synonymous with victory day itself remembered on revered for decades this year things havent quite been the same mass celebrations have been perspire and there are a few were guests and cities participating some commemorations have been moved online but the parade is. Going ahead to symbolically on the 24th of june thats the date of the very 1st ceremony back in 1945 for russia thats even more poignant given recent historical controversies one is there 945 American Green britain had victory over the night in the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over 25000000 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet. On the 23rd of august 939. 00 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to the podium but when former liberators are officially relabeled this occupants and victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating the soviet unions role in world war 2 with that of nazi germany do your president put in his her and stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact part of was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to western business interests in nazi germany many countries at the center of the wars outbreak have skeletons in the closet the key aim is to learn lessons what can be done today to maintain violet of peace the russian president has his own thoughts the historical revisionism where witnessing in the west particularly with regard to the subject of the 2nd world war and its outcome is dangerous because it grossly cynically distorts the understanding of the principles of Peaceful Development laid down in 1945 by the conferences in yalta and san francisco. The main historic achievement of fjeld and are the decisions of the time was the agreement to stablish a mechanism that would allow the major powers to stay within a diplomatic framework when we solving their differences the response to russias position such as passing its own historical laws is telling rather than a debate accusations of deliberate falsified cation and deceit to divide and conquer in pursuit of nefarious motives historians and politicians may argue for years about blame and responsibility but as the memory of conflict fades so does the fear of such tragedy repeating itself they say history is the sum of all things that could have been avoided a vast Early Warning system and the response to the president s peace may have missed the main point. What matters is the time we have now the Doomsday Clock a symbol of the chances of manmade global disaster is closer than ever to midnight the point of no return for now it remains just a metaphor a warning to humankind by scientists of what could happen. 75 years ago russia celebrated the end of the darkest time in Human History and the lessons a clear the move towards midnight and total darkness must be prevented at any cost to your hawkins victory park moscow professor of history at the American University p. C. Police knowing the true history of events is important so past mistakes are not repeated. The way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how were going to act in the future if we have a distorted a corrupt vision of history then were not going to be able to 1st of all know that a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic for proper he had to stick for mythological for militaristic purposes all over the world and i mean russia is certainly guilty of that too to some extent im not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the United StatesRussia Britain the French Resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to really invision more of them which we can begin to Work Together and get. Out of a regiment. And in english was a. Female unit operating during world war 2 it was comprised of 37 women who escaped from a nazi camp in northern france has that story. As it. Is. 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A. 70 which is just being carried out show 44 percent are suffering from some sort of Mental Health problem and nearly all clinicians are worried about a 2nd pake so of course there may be a concern over a 2nd its at that point we can look at that and we may then have to implement sort of regional lockdowns rather than a National Lockdown both of all peoples mental house for the