Russia has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin presiding over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square.

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

Russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine around the 9 May celebration – one of the most important days in the Russian calendar. The 72-hour ceasefire is the second announced by Moscow in recent weeks, after it declared a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce - which Kyiv and its European allies accused it of breaching.