Some 200 military ground vehicles, 140 aircraft and 16,500 troops participated in the 70th anniversary of Victory Day parade held in Moscow’s Red Square today. Highlights included Russia’s new and China’s President Xi Jinping standing alongside Putin for the whole affair.

You can watch the whole event here:

As far as displays of military might go, Victory Day ‘15, which commemorates Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War, also known as WWII, didn’t disappoint. In fact, it totally dwarfed other events held in the US and Europe.

Here in the US, President Obama didn’t attend a 70th Anniversary of VE Day ceremony, deciding to talk about free-trade at the Nike Campus in Oregon instead. Meanwhile, on the Capital Mall, a large flyover did occur, dubbed but instead of America’s latest and greatest military gear, the Warbird community provided 70 aircraft for review.

The flyover was the finale to a remembrance ceremony at the World War II memorial. The highest White House official attending was National Security Adviser Susan Rice. You can watch the ceremony and the flyover in its complete form below:

Back in Moscow, the mood , as Russia was in then in the process of geopolitically mutating before the world’s eyes after its shock invasion of . Still, the fact that China’s highest official flanked Putin for the whole affair, while no Western European high ranking officials were present, provided interesting visuals and a possible hint as to what is to come on the world stage.

"Victory Day" has been rebooted since Vladimir Putin took the reins of Russia over a decade ago.…

There was even a slight swipe at the US in Putin’s speech, where he stated “in the past decades, we have seen attempts to create a unipolar world.” Such a statement undoubtedly played just as well for his Chinese guests as it did for the hometown crowd. Taking all this into account, along with the striking visuals of the day, it seems like a new Cold War is alive and well, even if the West is in denial of it.

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