A military parade started Friday on Red Square in Moscow as Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in The Second World War.
President Vladimir Putin and a host of foreign leaders, consisting of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, went to the parade.
Triumph Day, which is commemorated in Russia on Might 9, is the nation’s crucial nonreligious vacation. A huge parade through Red Square and other events highlight Moscow’s efforts to predict its power and seal the alliances it has actually created while looking for a counterbalance to the West in the middle of the 3-year-old war in Ukraine.
Celebrations this year were eclipsed by reports of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow and extreme disturbances at the capital’s airports, along with cellular phone web blackouts on Wednesday.