Putin ‘again on world stage’ at Victory Day parade

Vladimir Putin has led Russia’s Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Purple Sq., amid heightened safety following Ukrainian strikes on Moscow.

China’s Xi Jinping joined the Russian president as he advised 1000’s of troopers that Russia remembered the teachings of World Struggle Two.

He additionally used his speech to tie the warfare to immediately’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and mentioned all of Russia was behind what he known as the “particular army operation” – now properly into its fourth 12 months.

BBC Monitoring’s Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko displays on the day’s occasions.