Events to mark the holiday in the occupied territories seem to be an effort to show Russian control of land it has captured.

There was no negotiation process with Ukraine, with the Kremlin only saying that Kyiv "should follow" its lead.

Vladimir Putin has reportedly been forced to cancel the upcoming Victory Day parade in Crimea, just days after a Ukrainian ...

The apparent cancellation has raised fresh questions about the Kremlin's ability to secure key sites, even deep inside ...

Sergei Tokarev, head of the military medical commission in the occupied peninsula died from gunshot wounds, according to ...

World affairs editor Sam Kiley has been covering Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2014. Here he looks at the current ...

The Victory Day ceasefire is the latest in a series of truce initiatives announced by Moscow, which it has itself repeatedly ...

Vladimir Putin tried to broker a three-day ceasefire to protect his Victory Day parade, but Kyiv rejected the proposal ...

For Kremlin watchers, May 9 is a tea-leaf event, providing clues for possible shifts in thinking for Vladimir Putin, in power ...

Ukraine's continued strikes have already forced Russian authorities in occupied Crimea to cancel their planned Victory Day parade, with Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev announcing the event ...