Putin Holds Victory Day Parade After Trump Brokers Ukraine Truce

Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall.Photographer: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images

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By Bloomberg News

May 9, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTC

Updated on

May 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM UTC

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a relatively low-key military parade Saturday to mark the World War II victory over Nazi Germany, after US President Donald Trump brokered a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine.

The annual Victory Day celebration on Moscow’s Red Square took place without a display of heavy military equipment for the first time since 2007, though an air force fly-past was held. A contingent of North Korean soldiers joined Russian troops on the square that included drone-system forces for the first time.