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   Russia Victory Day parade 2021: Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a speech warning that Nazi beliefs remain strong. The parade on Moscow's Red Square commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two featured over 12,000 troops and more than 190 pieces of military hardware, including intercontinental ballistic missile launchers, and a fly-past by nearly 80 military aircraft under cloudy skies. Let us take a look at some of spectacular display of military might:

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   The format of the military parade varies little from year to year. (Reuters Photo)

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   Speaking to the annual military parade on Moscow's Red Square, Putin decried “attempts to rewrite history, to justify traitors and criminals, on whose hands lies the blood of hundreds of thousands of peaceful people”. (Reuters Photo)

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   Russian service members drive MSTA-S and Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzers during a military parade on Victory Day. (Reuters Photo)

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   Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missile rolls in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo)

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   This year the parade included more than 190 military vehicles traversing the square, ranging from the renowned WWII-era T-34 tank to the hulking eight-axle Yars mobile ICBM launchers. (AP Photo)

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   Russian military helicopters fly over a Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo)

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   The anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat, which Russia calls Victory Day, is the country's most significant secular holiday. (Reuters Photo)

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   Putin, who has been in power as either president or prime minister since 1999, stood beside Soviet war veterans on a review platform set up on Red Square. (Reuters Photo)

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    Russian service members drive T-72B3M main battle tanks during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow. (Reuters Photo)

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    Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems drive along Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters Photo)

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    Russian Su-25 jet aircraft release smoke in the colours of the Russian state flag above Red Square during a flypast, which is part of a parade on Victory Day marking the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters Photo)