Russia celebrates annual Victory Day | BBC News

Russia is celebrating its annual Victory Day, which isheld each year to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War Two.

The centrepiece is a huge military parade through RedSquare and past the Kremlin in Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to warnthat his forces were always ready for combat, and thathe would not allow anyone to threaten his country.

He also took the opportunity to praise the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.