Russia holds this year's Victory Day military parade to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Moscow held two nighttime rehearsals on April 28 and March 4 and a final rehearsal on Saturday for this year's parade. In total, military parades will be held in 28 Russian cities this year, involving almost 65,000 people, about 2,400 types of weapons and military equipment as well as more than 460 aircraft, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The annual military parades are traditionally held on May 9 every year to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.