2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade
The 2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 2010 in Kiev, honoring the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Military vehicles and soldiers dressed in Soviet Army uniforms marched on Khreschatyk Street and through Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Inspecting the parade was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General of the Army Ivan Svyda while the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Colonel General commanded the parade. The decree for holding the parade was signed on 23 March of that year. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych delivered a jubilee address in his position as Supreme Commander. 2,500 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as troops from Russia and Belarus took part in the parade. 17 military bands took part in the parade under the command of the Chief of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Volodymyr Derkach.Full order of march past
The Kiev parade was the center of the 65th anniversary celebrations, with 2,000 military personnel and about 100 units of military equipment were
brought to celebrate Victory Day with parades in other Ukrainian cities. 1,040 Russian troops took part in the parades in four Ukrainian cities: Sevastopol, Kerch, Odessa and Nikolaev. In turn, 75 cadets from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy participated in the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square.Gallery
