Russia's Putin hosts China's Xi at massive Moscow military parade on Red Square

Chinese President Xi Jinping was photographed lasting adjacent to Vladimir Putin connected Friday arsenic thousands of Russian troops and subject vehicles rumbled done Moscow’s Red Square during the country’s yearly Victory Day parade. 

The event, marking Russia’s 80th day of the decision of Nazi Germany successful World War II, featured implicit 11,500 troops and much than 180 subject vehicles, including tanks, armored infantry vehicles and artillery utilized connected the battlefield successful Ukraine. Drones that Russia has deployed successful the warfare were besides connected display, according to Reuters.

"We are arrogant of their courageousness and determination, their spiritual unit that ever has brought america victory," Putin said astir the Russian troops warring successful the war. 

Russian emblem bearer Aeroflot canceled much than 100 flights to and from Moscow and delayed implicit 140 others connected Wednesday arsenic the subject were repelling repeated Ukrainian drone attacks connected the capital. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, halfway right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, ticker the Victory Day subject parade successful Moscow, Russia, connected Friday, May 9.  (Mikhail Korytov/Photo big bureau RIA Novosti via AP)

Ukrainian authorities besides reported scores of Russian strikes connected Friday that killed astatine slightest 2 radical successful the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and damaged buildings. 

The strikes successful Ukraine came contempt Putin declaring a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine past period up of the Victory Day celebrations. 

"All subject actions are suspended for this period," the Kremlin said successful a connection astatine the time, noting that the ceasefire would tally done the extremity of Saturday, May 10. "Russia believes that the Ukrainian broadside should travel this example." 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium spoke with President Donald Trump connected Thursday, who "confirmed that helium wants this warfare to end, is acceptable to help, and supports the request for a ceasefire." 

Zelenskyy said helium informed Trump that "Ukraine is acceptable for a 30-day ceasefire, starting adjacent today. We are waiting for Russia to enactment this proposal. I besides reaffirmed that Ukraine is acceptable to prosecute successful talks successful immoderate format. But for that, Russia indispensable show the seriousness of its intentions to extremity the war, starting with a afloat unconditional ceasefire." 

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Russian subject vehicles rotation successful Red quadrate during the Victory Day subject parade successful Moscow connected Friday, May 9.  (Vladimir Astapkovich/Photo big bureau RIA Novosti via AP)

Prior to the parade, Putin and Xi held 2 rounds of talks and an informal chat astir the conflict, the BBC reported, citing Chinese media.  

Among the different satellite leaders to be Friday were Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was the lone European Union person to caput to Moscow, according to the BBC. 

The outlet besides reported that Chinese troops and contingents of soldiers from North Korea, Vietnam and Mongolia marched done Red Square. 

Afterward, Putin shook hands with Russian subject officers who led the troops connected Red Square and spoke to a radical of elder North Korean officers who watched the parade, hugging 1 of them. 

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day subject parade. (Evgeny Biyatov/Photo big bureau RIA Novosti via AP)

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Last month, Putin thanked North Korea for warring alongside Russian troops against Ukrainian forces and hailed their sacrifices arsenic Pyongyang confirmed its deployment for the archetypal time. 

Fox News’ Stephen Sorace and the Associated Press contributed to this report.