Military parade kicks off in Astana

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - A military parade dated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War has just kicked off in the Kazakh Yeli Square in Astana.

President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is participating in the festive event. Over 5,000 military servicemen, 227 pieces of military hardware and 70 aircrafts will participate in the parade. This will be the most large-scale and grandiose parade in the history of independent Kazakhstan. Kazakhstanis from all 14 regions of the country arrived in the Kazakh capital to watch the parade and partake in the Astana celebrations.