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British soldiers marched on Red Square in Moscow for the initial time currently to symbol the 65th anniversary of the better of Nazi Germany.
Seventy-six soldiers from 2 Company 1st Battalion Welsh Guards were representing the UK at the call in of the Russian Government.
They marched to one side some-more than 10,500 Russian infantry and others from the US and France.
The eventthought to be costing �26 millionalso featured a 1,000-strong troops band, 161 armoured column and missiles and 127 aircraft.
The hour-long march saw 6 sorts of counterclaim apparatus on show in a arrangement of troops bravery set to browbeat the citys sky and roads.
Guardsman Ian Mundy said: There is a clarity of honour to be in this large march on Red Square.
It seems that everybody is meddlesome in us as well and I"m unapproachable to be a piece of that.
Lance Corporal John Sanigar added: Its a shining place to be at the impulse for the Army and the Welsh Guards.
The Welsh Guards are staying at the Moscow Military Academy as guest of the Russian Army.
They were given a guided debate of the Kremlin, invited to concerts and took piece in a informative debate of the city around a vessel outing up the Moscow River.
The Welsh Guards served in Afghanistan 6 months ago and lost the autocratic officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, during the tour.
Lt Col Thorneloethe majority comparison British armed forces military officer to die in movement given the Falklands conflictwas killed to one side Trooper Joshua Hammond by a roadside makeshift bomb device.
It was an romantic tour, pronounced Guardsman Thomas James, whose grandfathers both served in the Second World War.
This is the initial time I"ve been on central march in my tunic given we"ve been back. Its an honour to be here.
Commanding Officer of the Welsh Guards, Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Antelme, pronounced the march was a surreal experience.
(It is) a ancestral impulse for the Welsh Guards and the British Army, and, of course, for the Russian people, he added.
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