In Rostov-on-Don, the traditional Victory Day Parade to celebrate the victory in the Great Patriotic War will engage 3,000 people and 65 units of equipment. The solemn procession will take place on May 9 on Theater Square. Dismounted units will include service personnel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guards and many others. In total, there will be about 3,218 people, with 188 soldiers of them as combat crews.
Training sessions for the parade will be held from April 4 through 30 at the Rostov-Tsentralny airdrome. The final training session is to take place at 10 a.m. on May 7.