Russian Military Show Might in Navy Day in St. Petersburg Parade (+Video)


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia is holding its annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday, which involves dozens of warships and aircraft.

A total of 54 vessels of different types and more than 4,000 servicemen havre participated in the main event. For the first time, the parade in St. Petersburg will features three nuclear-powered submarines.

A naval parade was held earlier in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, while similar events are planned in Sevastopol, Crimea, and Baltiysk, a city in the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania.

An Iranian flotilla, including Sahand destroyer and Makran forward base ship, has also took part in Russian naval parade on the occasion of Russian Navy Day.