Tuesday saw Vladimir host Russia's annual Victory Day parade to mark 78 years since the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi .But while recent years have seen ostentatious displays with dozens of the Kremlin's most sophisticated pieces of military hardware rolling through Moscow's famous Red Square, this year saw a significantly slimmed-down affair.Some 8,000 troops took part in the parade - the lowest number since 2008. Even the procession in 2020, the year of the pandemic, featured some 13,000 soldiers, and last year, 11,000 troops took part.
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