Russian President Vladimir Putin led celebrations marking 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a parade in Moscow's Red Square of 11,000 troops, with World War II-era T-34 tanks alongside advanced weaponry.

Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first. President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and more than two dozen other foreign leaders looked on as various truck-mounted Russian-made drones were driven across the vast square on their launchers,

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Moscow for 80th anniversary commemorations of the end of World War II, hours after Russia and Ukraine continued air strikes against each other’s capitals.

As Putin and Xi strengthen ties at Russia’s Victory Day parade, Trump is squandering his leverage to secure a meaningful peace deal.

Russia and Ukraine both reported attacks on their forces on the first day of a 72-hour ceasefire called by President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of violating its own ceasefire 734 times between midnight and midday Thursday.

Russia announced a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire to coincide with celebrations in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.