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Victory Day celebrations - in pictures

Victory day celebrations: Russian soldiers march on the Red Square, during the Victory Day Parade
Russian soldiers march on the Red Square during the Victory Day parade Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Victory day celebrations: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Shoigu watch the Victory Day Parade
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, and defence minister Sergei Shoigu, (centre left), react as they watch the Victory Day parade in the Red Square Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Victory day celebrations: Russian WWII veteran Anfisa Pakhomova attends a military parade to honour t
Russian second world war veteran Anfisa Pakhomova attends the Victory Day parade at Red Square with other military personnel Photograph: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: Russian WWII veterans sing war songs as they celebrate Victory Day in the
Russian veterans sing war songs as they celebrate Victory Day in the centre of Moscow, Russia Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Victory day celebrations: A medalled Russian WWII woman veteran accepts flowers
A medalled Russian veteran accepts flowers as Victory Day celebrations are held in front of Bolshoi Theatre building in Moscow Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Victory day celebrations: Russian military academies cadets march at the Red Square in Moscow
Russian military academies cadets march in the Victory Day prade at the Red Square in Moscow Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: Small Ukrainian girls, dressed in WWII-era uniforms
Ukrainian girls, dressed in second world war-era uniform pose in front of a line of cadets near the Motherland monument during the Victory Day celebrating in Kiev, Ukraine Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
Victory day celebrations: A Ukrainian World War Two veteran passes by a war memorial in Kiev
A Ukrainian veteran passes by the war memorial in Kiev Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Victory day celebrations: Nadezhda Drozd holds the military uniform of her husband, a Ukrainian World
Nadezhda Drozd holds the military uniform of her husband, a Ukrainian veteran, near the monument to second world war victims in Kiev, Ukraine Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP
Victory day celebrations: Cadets of the Ukrainian Military academy at a memorial to World War II vete
Cadets of the Ukrainian Military academy at a memorial to second world war veterans in a memorial park in Kiev, Ukraine Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Victory day celebrations: Belarus Warld War II veterans dance during Victory Day celebration in Minsk
Belarus second world war veterans dance during Victory Day celebration in Minsk Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: World War Two veterans toast during Victory Day celebrations in the town of
Veterans make toasts during Victory Day celebrations in the town of Molodechno, Belarus Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
Victory day celebrations: Wearing traditional Belarus costumes youth take part in Victory Day celebra
People wearing traditional Belarus costumes take part in Victory Day celebrations in Minsk Photograph: Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: Veterans chat during a Victory Day celebration in Tbilisi, Georgia
Veterans chat during a Victory Day celebration in Tbilisi, Georgia Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
Victory day celebrations: A Georgian military cadet speaks with a WWII veteran at a WWII memorial dur
A Georgian military cadet speaks with a second world war veteran at a memorial celebration in Tbilisi Photograph: Shakh Aivazov/AP
Victory day celebrations: Children sit atop the World War II-era Soviet T-34 tank during Victory Day
Children sit atop the second world war-era Soviet T-34 tank during Victory Day celebrations in Yerevan, Armenia Photograph: Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: Veteran of World War II receives flowers Vilnius, Lithuania
Antanina Cvetkova, a 93 -year-old veteran, receives flowers from girl at the Antakalnis memorial in Vilnius, Lithuania Photograph: Mindaugas Kulbis/AP
Victory day celebrations: People carry portraits of deceased relatives who were veterans
People carry portraits of deceased relatives who were veterans of the second world war during Victory Day commemorations in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Victory day celebrations: A woman carries flowers to the grave of a fallen relative at the Victory Me
A woman carries flowers to the grave of a fallen relative at the Victory Memorial in Chisinau, Moldova Photograph: Dumitru Doru/EPA
Victory day celebrations: Israeli women hold flowers as they wait for the start of a parade marking V
Israeli women hold flowers as they wait for the start of a parade marking Victory Day in Jerusalem Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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