

It's typically marked with Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing crowds and a military parade at Moscow's Red Square. Victory Day is Russia's annual commemoration of the end of World War II, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Meanwhile, in Russian city of Novosibirsk, military flyovers were canceled in the city's Victory Day commemorations "due to adverse weather conditions at departure airfields." When pressed by local outlets, the press service of Yekaterinburg's Central Military District refused to comment. No explanation was given for that sudden cancellation. Victory Day is a state holiday in Rhode Island in the United States on the second Monday of August. It followed the dropping of the devastating atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Just an hour earlier, officials said aerial demonstrations in Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, would also no longer be going ahead. elections in modern political history, Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton. Victory Day, also known as VJ Day, marks the anniversary the Allies’ victory over Japan during World War II. Militarily the D-Day invasion of continental Europe by the U.S. It was the Red Army of the Soviet Union that utterly defeated the Axis armies in Operation Bagration and on its march to Berlin. On May 9 the Russian people and other people of the former Soviet Union celebrate Victory Day. Victory Day (2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Russia said Monday that the air portion of Moscow’s Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square has been canceled “due to the weather." KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images What The Russians Remember On Victory Day. Russian Su-27 jet fighters and MIG 29 jet fighters fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2016.
