MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has held a dress rehearsal for the military parade to commemorate Victory Day on May 9 when the country marks the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II.
This year’s Victory Day falls on Monday.
It won’t just honor a conflict that ended 77 years ago.
Many Russians will be thinking about the thousands of troops in neighboring Ukraine.
Signs of support for the military have grown across the country since Feb. 24 with the letter “Z” appearing on billboards and signs in the streets and subways and on television and social media.
An RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile rolled through Red Square as part of the rehearsal Saturday in Moscow.
Warplanes and helicopters flew overhead, troops marched in formation and self-propelled artillery vehicles rumbled past.
