The Latest Breaking News from Victory Day

Russia has carried out drone, missile and air strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities through the night, before its Victory Day holiday.

Bakhmut fight will go on as mercenary chief says he does not want to ‘spoil’ celebrations

Ukraine said on Friday Russia was bringing Wagner mercenary fighters from other parts of the front line to fight in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, and that Moscow wanted to capture the city in time for Victory Day celebrations next week.

Whether the alleged drone assassination attempt on the Russian president in the Kremlin was an audacious attack by Ukraine or a clumsy attempt at a false flag operation by Moscow may never be known. But from the Kremlin’s standpoint, at least Russia now has footage of its own, demonstrating its…

President Putin is said to have invited a number of world leaders to the commemoration of the Soviet Union’s defeat of the Nazis

Some celebratory events have been cancelled over fears they could be targeted by pro-Ukrainian saboteurs

Governor of region 400 miles from border latest to cancel over ‘safety concerns’ in glaring admission of vulnerability

Russian security services are working to ensure that Moscow's annual Victory Day parade across Red Square on May 9 can go ahead safely despite the risk of a threat from Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Russians celebrate the end of the “great patriotic war” on May 9 each year. Victory Day, which commemorates the defeat of Nazism in Europe is the most important holiday in Russia.