‘History repeating itself’ – gloating Kremlin parades its ‘trophy tanks’ captured on Ukraine battlefield

May Day display reveals captured military hardware from war

Visitors take photos of a captured US-made M1A1 Abrams tank which is seen on display in Moscow yesterday. Photo: AP

Andrew Osborn

Western tanks and military hardware captured by Russian forces in Ukraine went on display in Moscow yesterday at an exhibition the Russian military said showed Western help would not stop it winning the war.

Long queues of people formed on what was a sunny May Day public holiday at the entrance to the exhibition, entitled “Trophies of the Russian Army”, which is being held outside a museum celebrating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.