Ukraine-Russia War Latest: Putin’s Allied Participant in Victory Day Parade in Moscow after Trump Backs 30-day ceasefire

Russia is ready to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II today with a magnificent military parade participating in China’s Xi Jinping.

President Vladimir Putin, the longest-served Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin, will speak at a 7 AM GMT parade, where thousands of Russian soldiers usually march past and operate military hardware as intercontinental ballistic missiles and thought past Lenin’s mausoleum in Rød’s peat.

The Kremlin says the participation of Russian allies such as Xi, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and several dozen leaders from the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia and Latin America show that Russia is not isolated from the wider world, though Moscow’s previous World War II allies want to stay away. From Europe, the leaders of Serbia and Slovakia participate.

“The victory over fascism, achieved at the expense of enormous victims, has an eternal meaning,” Mr. Putin told his Chinese colleague Mr Xi in the Kremlin. “The countless victims that both of our people have made should never be forgotten.”

Russian officials have ensured that security is very tight in Moscow this weekend, as fear of Ukrainian drone attack weaves.

Mr. Putin suggested that a 72-hour ceasefire would run on 8-10. May, although Ukraine said Russia had broken the ceasefire within hours after it came into force.

The Kremlin said that military units from 13 countries, including China, will participate in the parade with Russian troops, though it was unclear how North Korea – which helped Russia fight in Ukraine – would be represented.

Russia hit eight Ukrainian settlements near the front line 220 times during its so-called ceasefire, said Governor of the Zaporizhia region Ivan Fedorov in the early hours today.

The villages of Zaporizhzhia were hit by 150 drones and 70 artillery rounds in the last 24 hours, he said.

Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian positions using several rocket and drones and mounted attacks on several Ukrainian front line positions, Ukraine’s armed forces said at Telegram this morning.

The fluid’s ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin came into force in the early hours on Thursday.

US Vice President JD Vance has said the United States will be ready to “go away” from the negotiating table if it does not see Russia make progress in the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

“We knew Russia would ask for too much because Russia’s perspective on Earth is that they win,” said Mr Vance, claiming that Ukraine wants a ceasefire because “things don’t go so well for them.”

“Our attitude is that we do not want Ukraine to collapse. We obviously want Ukraine to remain a sovereign country. But Russia cannot expect to get territory they do not even conquer yet,” he said.

“I actually think it’s progress that they even speak at all – the Russians and Ukrainians. I think it’s progress that they put concrete peace plans on the table. But we knew the Russians’ first offer would be too much. We knew they would not ask for more than what was reasonable to give is how negotiations often work,” Reasonable questions.

“What would bother me is if we conclude that the Russians are not participating in negotiations in good faith. And if that happens, yes, we will go away,” Mr. Vance to Fox News yesterday.

“The president will say – we’re out of this,” said Mr Vance, adding that the United States leaving peace talks will not be good for anyone.

Britain will sanction up to 100 oil tankers from Russia’s so -called shadow fleet and try to increase pressure on Moscow in the war with Ukraine as leaders from the joint expedition force (JEF) Security Alliance meet in Norway today.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Stormer’s office said the sanctions would represent Britain’s largest package of measures against the Shadow fleet.

The vessels carried the cargo to a value of over $ 24 billion. Since the beginning of last year, with some ships that were also involved in harming critical infrastructure, Britain said.

PM’s office provided no further details, but similar sanctions have previously limited or banned the movement of shadow vessels and their access to some British ports.

Sir Keir announces the measures at a summit with JEF leaders in Oslo. Founded in 2014, the British-led group of 10 Northern European nations, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden, serves as a supplement to a broader collaboration through NATO’s military alliance.

“Every step we take to increase pressure on Russia and achieve a fair and sustainable peace in Ukraine is another step towards security and prosperity in the UK,” said Sir Keir.

“We will do everything we can to destroy (President Vladimir Putin’s) shadow raft surgery, his war machine is starving with oil revenue and protecting the underwater infrastructure that we trust our everyday lives,” he said.

The ships are suspected of damaging underwater infrastructure in Europe, including power lines, cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

Nordic and Baltic nations, alarmed by rising sabotage -risks, have been pushing for action.

Jef Nations has been steadfast supporters of Ukraine, with many spooked by Russia’s invasion of its smaller neighbor. Sweden and Finland have also joined NATO, which has arisen decades of non-adjustment.

Ukraine will host a group of foreign ministers in Lviv today to support the establishment of a special court to prosecute the leadership of Russia, Belarus and North Korea for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, said a senior Kiev official.

The Court will be set up by the Council of Europe, the continent’s leading Human Rights Watchdog, formed after World War II to maintain the rights and the rule of law. The full list of incoming ministers was not public.

Poland and France have both said that they will visit Lviv today.

The meeting falls the same day as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of a military parade at Red Square to mark the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat.

“The special court can start operating next year. This year we end the legal formalities and the Council of Europe will begin to form – recruiting judges, a secretariat, prosecutors, conducting rules and procedures,” said Iryna Mudra, a presidential assistance, on television comments.

The invasion has destroyed Ukraine and costs Russia’s military thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Before the whole war in Ukraine, Victory Day, celebrated a day later than Ve Day, a parade was not only to honor the victims of a previous generation, but also to Burnish Putin’s image of post-Soviet Russia, which was restored to its previous greatness.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian troops twice tried to break through the border in the Kursk region, the News Agency Interfax reported yesterday.

The Ministry of Defense said Russia continued to comply with the ceasefire announced by Russia in his war in Ukraine on 8-10. May, while Ukraine has “violated” it 488 times.

Kyiv at no time committed to the 72-hour truce, and says Russia has violated its own ceasefire more than 700 times. A women were killed in Sumy, Kyiv said.

Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a “warm and constructive” phone call with US President Donald Trump last night and that Ukraine is “ready for peace from this moment”.

“I just talked to President Trump. It was a good conversation – very hot and constructive,” he said.

He added: “I also informed him that Ukraine is ready for a 30-day ceasefire that started even today. We are waiting for Russia to support this proposal. I also confirmed that Ukraine is ready to attend lectures in any format.

Mr. Zelensky said he also updated the US president about the battlefield situation.

Ukraine has said that Russian forces have violated President Vladimir Putin’s 72-hour ceasefire more than 700 times within the first day.

“According to our military data, despite Putin’s statements, Russian forces continue to attack all over the front line. From midnight to noon, Russia committed 734 truce and 63 attack operations, 23 of which are still underway; 586 attacks on our troops’ positions, 464 of the used heavy weapons; Guidler Bomb Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said yesterday.

The Ukrainian official who branding the ceasefire as a “farce” said, “Ukraine remains ready for at least 30-day full ceasefire and confidence-building measures, which will enable peace talks and the real path to a fair and sustainable peace.”