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Riders pass by Russian armored vehicle ahead of a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian army servicewomen march to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters of The Russian Knights aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters of The Swifts aerobatic team fly towards the Red Square for the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian armoured personnel carrier and Msta-S self-propelled howitzers roll along the Garden Ring after the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
Russian guards of honour stand at their positions prior to the arrival of Mongolia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian servicemen prepare prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
FILE - A Soviet-era tank and armored military vehicles participate in a Victory Day parade dress rehearsal at Red Square in Moscow on May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Russian servicemen gather prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Soviet era T-34 tanks prepare to roll along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A woman poses for a photo next to a Soviet T-24 battle tank displayed at Manezhnaya square ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza, left, leave a plane upon arrival at the Vnukovo airport ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Kirill Zykov/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform "Victory Waltz" as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform "Victory Waltz" as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Moscow students dressed in the styles of the mid-1900s and Soviet uniform perform the Victory Waltz as a part of Victory Day celebration preparations in front of a model of the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, or The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian army servicemen wearing Soviet army helmets stand during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A cadet walks in the cold wind prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian army servicewomen march to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian army servicemen wearing Soviet army uniform run to warm up in the cold weather prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Cadets march to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
CORRECTS JETS MODIFICATION - Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters, centre, of The Russian Knights aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters of The Swifts aerobatic team fly over the Red Square during the Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian army servicemen compete in push-ups to warm in the cold weather prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colours of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal with the Spasskaya Tower, left, and the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Soviet era T-34 tank leads a column of military vehicles during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers sit at a tank driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian soldiers sit at a tank driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian military trucks carrying Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicles roll along Borovitskaya Square next to the Kremlin after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A driver sits in a tank driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Soviet era T-34 tanks are transported toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian servicemen sit in VPK-Ural armoured vehicle driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People take a selfie photo with military vehicles driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian armoured vehicles and tanks roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Russian tank and a self-propelled howitzer roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Honour guard soldiers carry caps prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Honour guard soldiers perform with guns during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian tanks and APCs roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Soviet era T-34 tank leads a column of military vehicles during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers ride a truck during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian armoured vehicles roll along the street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
An actor holds a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, left, as he marches with other actors holding portraits of Soviet military leaders during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian armoured vehicles roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Russian soldiers sits atop his military vehicle driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian serviceman poses for a photo prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzer rolls along the Garden Ring towards the Red Square, Saturday, May 3, 2025. prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march along Moskvoretskaya embankment towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian military trucks carrying Soviet T-34 battle tanks roll along the Garden Ring towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Military cadets stand in a bus prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian servicemen gather at Ustyinskaya embankment prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People look at Russian army soldiers marching to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian servicemen gather at Ustyinskaya embankment prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Actors wearing Soviet army uniform ride on a moving platform during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian tanks roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, with a huge banner with portraits of participants of World War II in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Azerbaijan army soldiers march along the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
People's Army of Vietnam soldiers prepare to march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese students greet People's Liberation Army of China soldiers marching along the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian tanks roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, with a huge banner with portraits of participants of World War II in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A decorated Russian soldier, a participant in the military operation in Ukraine, is greeted by a woman as soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Kazakhstan Army soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Riders pass by Russian armored vehicle ahead of a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian army servicewomen march to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters of The Russian Knights aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters of The Swifts aerobatic team fly towards the Red Square for the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian armoured personnel carrier and Msta-S self-propelled howitzers roll along the Garden Ring after the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
Russian guards of honour stand at their positions prior to the arrival of Mongolia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)
Russian servicemen prepare prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
FILE - A Soviet-era tank and armored military vehicles participate in a Victory Day parade dress rehearsal at Red Square in Moscow on May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Russian servicemen gather prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Soviet era T-34 tanks prepare to roll along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade general rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A woman poses for a photo next to a Soviet T-24 battle tank displayed at Manezhnaya square ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza, left, leave a plane upon arrival at the Vnukovo airport ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Kirill Zykov/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform "Victory Waltz" as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform "Victory Waltz" as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Moscow students dressed in the styles of the mid-1900s and Soviet uniform perform the Victory Waltz as a part of Victory Day celebration preparations in front of a model of the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, or The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian army servicemen wearing Soviet army helmets stand during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A cadet walks in the cold wind prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian army servicewomen march to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian army servicemen wearing Soviet army uniform run to warm up in the cold weather prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Cadets march to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
CORRECTS JETS MODIFICATION - Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters, centre, of The Russian Knights aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters of The Swifts aerobatic team fly over the Red Square during the Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian army servicemen compete in push-ups to warm in the cold weather prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colours of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal with the Spasskaya Tower, left, and the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Soviet era T-34 tank leads a column of military vehicles during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers sit at a tank driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian soldiers sit at a tank driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian military trucks carrying Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicles roll along Borovitskaya Square next to the Kremlin after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A driver sits in a tank driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Soviet era T-34 tanks are transported toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian servicemen sit in VPK-Ural armoured vehicle driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People take a selfie photo with military vehicles driving along Tverskaya street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian armoured vehicles and tanks roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Russian tank and a self-propelled howitzer roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Honour guard soldiers carry caps prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Honour guard soldiers perform with guns during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian tanks and APCs roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Soviet era T-34 tank leads a column of military vehicles during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian soldiers ride a truck during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian armoured vehicles roll along the street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
An actor holds a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, left, as he marches with other actors holding portraits of Soviet military leaders during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian armoured vehicles roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Russian soldiers sits atop his military vehicle driving along Tverskaya street to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian serviceman poses for a photo prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzer rolls along the Garden Ring towards the Red Square, Saturday, May 3, 2025. prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march along Moskvoretskaya embankment towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian military trucks carrying Soviet T-34 battle tanks roll along the Garden Ring towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Russian servicemen march towards the Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Military cadets stand in a bus prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian servicemen gather at Ustyinskaya embankment prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People look at Russian army soldiers marching to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian servicemen gather at Ustyinskaya embankment prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Actors wearing Soviet army uniform ride on a moving platform during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian tanks roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, with a huge banner with portraits of participants of World War II in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Azerbaijan army soldiers march along the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
People's Army of Vietnam soldiers prepare to march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese students greet People's Liberation Army of China soldiers marching along the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march past the GUM department store toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian tanks roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, with a huge banner with portraits of participants of World War II in the background. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — First responders on Sunday entered a contested neighborhood in Syria’ s northern city of Aleppo after days of deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish-led forces. Syrian state media said the military was deployed in large numbers.
The clashes broke out Tuesday in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid after the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the main Kurdish-led force in the country, failed to make progress on how to merge the SDF into the national army. Security forces captured Achrafieh and Bani Zaid.
The fighting between the two sides was the most intense since the fall of then-President Bashar Assad to insurgents in December 2024. At least 23 people were killed in five days of clashes and more than 140,000 were displaced amid shelling and drone strikes.
The U.S.-backed SDF, which have played a key role in combating the Islamic State group in large swaths of eastern Syria, are the largest force yet to be absorbed into Syria's national army. Some of the factions that make up the army, however, were previously Turkish-backed insurgent groups that have a long history of clashing with Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish fighters have now evacuated from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood to northeastern Syria, which is under the control of the SDF. However, they said in a statement they will continue to fight now that the wounded and civilians have been evacuated, in what they called a “partial ceasefire.”
The neighborhood appeared calm Sunday. The United Nations said it was trying to dispatch more convoys to the neighborhoods with food, fuel, blankets and other urgent supplies.
Government security forces brought journalists to tour the devastated area, showing them the damaged Khalid al-Fajer Hospital and a military position belonging to the SDF’s security forces that government forces had targeted.
The SDF statement accused the government of targeting the hospital “dozens of times” before patients were evacuated. Damascus accused the Kurdish-led group of using the hospital and other civilian facilities as military positions.
On one street, Syrian Red Crescent first responders spoke to a resident surrounded by charred cars and badly damaged residential buildings.
Some residents told The Associated Press that SDF forces did not allow their cars through checkpoints to leave.
“We lived a night of horror. I still cannot believe that I am right here standing on my own two feet,” said Ahmad Shaikho. “So far the situation has been calm. There hasn’t been any gunfire.”
Syrian Civil Defense first responders have been disarming improvised mines that they say were left by the Kurdish forces as booby traps.
Residents who fled are not being allowed back into the neighborhood until all the mines are cleared. Some were reminded of the displacement during Syria’s long civil war.
“I want to go back to my home, I beg you,” said Hoda Alnasiri.
Associated Press journalist Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut contributed to this report.
Sandbag barriers used as fighting positions by Kurdish fighters, left inside a destroyed mosque in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Burned vehicles at one of the Kurdish fighters positions at the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
People flee the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
A Syrian military police convoy enters the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Burned vehicles and ammunitions left at one of the Kurdish fighters positions at the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters have been taking place in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)