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Russia's military parades through Red Square as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations to stir up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule. Forced to postpone the country's traditional May 9 Victory Day celebrations by the coronavirus pandemic, Putin rescheduled the parade for just a week ahead of a July 1 public vote on controversial constitutional reforms. IMAGES of parade starting on the Red Square
Military vehicles head towards Red Square in Moscow, as Russia celebrates its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany with a show of military might. Russia's army continues to battle Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed on Sunday in an airstrike on a school sheltering civilians. IMAGES
Foreign, Defence ministers and heads of security councils from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, countries from the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), arrive ahead of a summit in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. IMAGES
Russians go on parade in Moscow holding portraits of ancestors killed in World War II on 'Victory Day', where Russia commemorates the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. IMAGES
The Russian army undergoes a dress rehearsal on Red Square in Moscow for a parade commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany at the hands of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War II. IMAGES