Occupiers who participated in the seizure of Ukraine will drive past at Moscow parade - Russian media

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — SATURDAY, 7 MAY 2022, 18:19

Russian paratroopers who participated in the illegal seizure of Ukrainian territories will ride on an armoured personnel carrier in the ceremonial Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May.

Source: Russian state news agency TASS

Details: Russian propagandists claim that on 9 May, military personnel from the occupying forces who took part in the seizure of Ukrainian territories, including an airborne assault unit, will also take part in the parade on Red Square.

According to state media, on the morning of 7 May, during a parade rehearsal in Moscow, the occupiers drove past on a Rakushka armoured personnel carrier in a convoy of troops.

Background:

• Reuters conducted its own investigation into the circumstances of the crimes committed by the Russian invaders in Bucha. They discovered that servicemen of the 76th Airborne Assault Division from Pskov, which has also taken part in the hostilities in Donbas since 2014, were stationed in the city at the time of the mass atrocities, torture and murder of Ukrainians.

• A large proportion of Russian airborne troops died in the battles for Antonov airport in Hostomel