The final night drill of troops that take part in a military parade in Moscow on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of victory in World War II will begin at 10.00 pm Tuesday.
Infantry and motorized troops supervised by the Moscow Military District Commander Colonel-General Valery Gerasimov will be marching down Russia's main square tonight, Sergei Vlasov, spokesman for the troops' commander, told ITAR-TASS. The drill involves servicemen of military academies and other military schools, several battalions, including a paratrooper battalion, marines and interior ministry troops of the Russian Federation, the spokesman said. Unlike the previous rehearsals Air Force will take part in the troops drill tonight.
A total of 10,500 servicemen of different kinds of troops will take part in the night rehearsal, including teachers and students of military academies and their colleagues from other military schools, more than 420 representatives of Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, five battalions from the 98th paratrooper division, a marine battalion and servicemen of the interior ministry troops.
The troops' march will be followed by motorized troops that number 159 pieces of military hardware, including war time tanks T-34, self-propelled guns SU-100, armored vehicles "Tigr", tanks T-90, armored carriers, self-propelled launching installations, air defense missile/gun systems "Pantsir".
