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Russia flaunts Western military hardware captured in war in Ukraine
I'm in Victory Park, Moscow's giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. A new open-air exhibition has just opened.But it has nothing to do with World War Two.
On display is Western military hardware captured by the Russian army in Ukraine.
They are war trophies and Russia has decided to flaunt them.
Among the armour here is a British Army Husky tactical support vehicle which had been donated to Ukraine. Its windscreen is covered in bullet-holes.
Opposite the Husky I can see Western tanks that had been transferred to the Ukrainian military. There's an American Abrams which had been damaged on the battlefield. A German Leopard tank, too.
In fact, there's a long line of German armour. And above it a sign: "History is repeating itself."
The Russians have not invented the wheel here. In the past Ukraine has displayed Russian military hardware that had been captured by the Ukrainian army.
Russia flaunts Western military hardware captured in war in Ukraine
The display seeks to energise Russians ahead of the country's victory day celebrations on 9 May.
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Russia shows off NATO military hardware captured in Ukraine; Moscow to beef up weapons, front line forces
Russian crowds are flocking to see a new exhibition in Moscow of NATO military hardware that was captured by Russian forces in Ukraine.
The display features a range of “trophies,” ranging from U.S.-made armored fighting vehicles to state-of-the-art tanks and European armored personnel carriers, from 12 countries including the U.S., U.K., France, Sweden, South Africa, Turkey, Australia and Germany.