During its Victory Day celebrations marking the end of the Second World War, Russia intends to showcase captured British armored vehicles alongside a collection of confiscated NATO equipment in Moscow.
The exhibition, spanning a month, will include 30 vehicles from 12 countries, among them German Leopard 2 tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and M-113s infantry carrier vehicles seized in the conflict zones of Ukraine, as announced by the Russian defense ministry.
Social media footage depicting the array of Western military hardware suggests the presence of a British-donated Mastiff and Husky armored vehicles, the latter prominently displaying the British and NATO flags.
Russian sources have circulated an unverified video purportedly showing the wreckage of an American-made Abrams main battle tank recently seized near the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, allegedly being transported for display in Moscow’s Victory Park.
Initially established to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, Victory Park has evolved in recent years into a symbol of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, highlighting claimed victories “against Ukrainian militants and their Western supporters.”
The Russian defense ministry announced that the upcoming display at Victory Park will feature “vehicles and small arms from foreign armies, combat documents, maps, ideological literature, and equipment.”
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Among the showcased vehicles are the Swedish CV90 fighting vehicle, the French AMX-10 mini tank, and a British Saxon armored personnel carrier, donated to Kyiv in 2015.
A correspondent from the Zvezda Russian military channel lauded the condition of a captured German-made Marder fighting vehicle, remarking, “It is in almost perfect condition, but you can see slight dents from impacts, probably from FPV [first-person view] drones.”
Similar displays have been organized previously, such as last year’s event at Patriot Park near Moscow, where Russia exhibited a range of captured Western military equipment, likely acquired during Ukraine’s summer counter-offensive.
