“I would like to hope that common sense will prevail, but there can be no complete certainty in the light of how NATO was planning a peak of military activity by May 9,” the deputy minister said, answering the question whether there are concerns that NATO will take provocative action during the Victory Parade.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would invite CIS leaders to the Victory Day parade on June 24.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia has invited the calculations of 19 countries to take part in the parade in Moscow.
The parade will begin at 10:00 and will last up to one and a half hours. The event will involve about 14 thousand people.