Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in Ukraine.

In Kharkiv Oblast, at least five people were wounded in a series of artillery and FPV drone strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the villages of Velyki Prokhody and Derhachi, as well as in the city of Kupyansk,

As the clock approached the time the Kremlin said its guns would fall silent for three days, the men at the National Guard monitoring center in eastern Ukraine had absolutely no faith in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ceasefire.

The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show of unity a day after Russia's Vladimir Putin hosted his allies in a Victory Day parade on Red Square.

The leaders of four European countries have arrived in Kyiv as calls intensify for Russia to agree to a monthlong ceasefire in the war

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk were in Kiev on Saturday to reaffirm support for Ukraine and press for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia.

Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a military parade attended by China's Xi Jinping that Moscow fears Ukraine will try to disrupt after three years of devastating war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence at the parade gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a boost as he tries to show that he is not isolated on the global stage.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement “further deepening” their partnership following talks in Moscow Thursday – a show of solidarity in the face of global uncertainties unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s “America First” diplomacy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be "friends of steel", as they pledged to boost cooperation to a new level at a time of heightened confrontation with the West.

Donald Trump has called on Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to end the conflict in Ukraine, proposing a 30-day ceasefire. The US President emphasised that his appeal is directed at both sides of the conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to "get this war ended" in Ukraine as he pushes for a 30-day ceasefire.

A meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump is getting closer, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said.