(ANSA-AP) - BELGRADE, MAY 10 - Serbia held a military parade
to mark Victory Day, the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II,
in an apparent show of force amid rising tensions with Kosovo.
The parade in the southern city of Nis on Friday includes
4,000 troops, 300 vehicles and 40 aircraft, including two
Russian battle helicopters flown by Russian crews - a display of
the growing political and military alliance with Moscow.
Tensions have increased in the region with Serbia and Kosovo
accusing each other of undermining efforts at reconciliation
following a 1998-99 war which ended after NATO intervention.
Kosovo, a former Serbian province, declared independence in
2008. But Belgrade doesn't recognize it. Any military
intervention by Serbia in Kosovo would trigger a direct clash
with NATO-led peacekeepers stationed there. (ANSA-AP).
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