Some Victory Day images from the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, which is controlled by Russia-backed separatists:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a May 9 remembrance event in Kyiv:
Veteran U.S. actor Steven Seagal had a nice seat for the Moscow parade today.
The website of Russia's Vesti news program has a very large photogallery from Moscow.
And here is an impressive collection of photographs by Ukrainian photography Oleksandr Maslov, portraits of World War II veterans in their current homes around the world.
Lest anyone forget:
And here is a gallery of some powerful images from Hitler's Germany and the war (many images not for the faint of heart).
According to Russia's LifeNews, during Victory Day events in the Chechen capital, Grozny, soldiers threw the banners and symbols of defeated Nazi Germany at the feet of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who appeared to be dressed in the uniform of a Soviet marshal.
Marking Victory Day with Stalin's portrait in Kyiv:
This birdseye view of Kyiv makes the point that Ukraine is remembering World War II beginning from 1939, and not beginning from the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941:
Another Stalin portrait at May 9 remembrance ceremonies in Kyiv: