Fireworks will thunder in nine hero cities in honor of February 23

Celebratory gun salute will also take place in the cities, where the headquarters of military districts, fleets, field armies and the Caspian Flotilla, noted in the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

In Moscow, the festive fireworks will be organized by the battalion named after Marshal of Artillery Vladimir Mikhalkin of the Western Military District. It is noted that the diameter of the fireworks in the gap will reach 300 meters. Fireworks will be launched at VDNKh, Poklonnaya Hill and Luzhnetskaya Embankment. The fireworks will last ten minutes. During this time, it is planned to launch up to 10 thousand fireworks shots into the skies over Moscow. At the ninth minute, sheaves of white, blue and red flowers will rise into the sky over the Luzhnetskaya embankment, thus stretching the country's flag in the sky over Moscow.