Fireworks, timed to coincide with Victory Day, will be held in Moscow at 22:00 at 16 different locations. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Western Military District on Tuesday, May 9.

Thus, Muscovites will be able to watch fireworks in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora (near the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War and on the hill near the entrance square); in the Mitino district, in the Izmailovsky recreation and recreation park, in Zelenograd on Lake Alley.

The launch sites also included the territory of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, the site of the Russian defense sports and technical organization DOSAAF, the bank of the Altufevsky Pond, the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Ostankino, the territory of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), the bank of the Chernevsky Pond, the Levoberezhny district , the territory of the Troitsk separate subdivision of the Physics Institute.

At the same time, fireworks can be seen on Borisovskie Prudy Street, as well as in the settlements of Sosenskoye and Krasnopakhorskoye.

It is specified that the duration of the salute will be 10 minutes.

In total, more than 12 thousand fireworks of more than 70 types will be used, including Svetlana, Slava, Rubin, Assol, Vega and Violet.

The sound accompaniment of the salute, according to the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, will be provided with “30 blank volleys of artillery pieces.”Samples in similarity: May 9 parade will feature equipment modified taking into account SVO What kind of tanks, armored vehicles and air defense systems will be seen by viewers in Moscow and the regions of Russia

On May 9, a parade was also held in Moscow in honor of the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the war.

This year, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Head of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the Belarusian leader arrived in Moscow to celebrate Victory Day this year Alexander Lukashenko.

All news related to the celebration of May 9 and the program of events are published on the Izvestia website in the Victory Day section.