The propaganda exercise comes ahead of a May 9 military parade to commemorate the end of WWII, which has become a homage to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Australian-made Bushmaster armoured vehicles captured by the Russian army have been put on display in central Moscow as part of the Kremlin’s western war trophies alongside signs that read: “Our victory is inevitable!”, as well as a British Saxon armoured personnel carrier and an American Bradley tank captured during the conflict in Ukraine are being shown off at an open-air exhibition in the city’s Victory Park district.
The federal government has sent more than 100 Bendigo-made vehicles as military aid to Ukrainian forces - each worth up to $2.4 million. Those paraded by the Russians are thought to have been destroyed between Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Some of the gutted and blast-damaged Bushmasters still bear Australian flags.
Footage of the line-up of Western hardware shared on social media also appear to show a British-donated Mastiff and Husky armoured vehicles, the latter adorned with the British and NATO flags. Captured military equipment from Austria, the Czech Republic and Finland can also be seen as well as a German Leopard tank, a Swedish CV90 combat vehicle and a French-made AMX-10RC armoured vehicle.
A similar event was held last year at Patriot Park near Moscow, where Russia also showcased a series of captured Western military equipment, likely lost by Ukraine during its summer counter-offensive. that includes $30 million towards uncrewed aerial systems and $15 million towards combat helmets, inflatable boats, boots, fire masks and generators.
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