LIVE NEWS | Putin Hosts World Leaders In Moscow For Victory Day Celebrations | Times Now World

Russian troops were seen marching in formation before President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders attending the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on Friday. Footage was taken minutes after the leaders took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier next to Kremlin walls, and military procession on Red Square - where many of them appeared to become overcome with emotion. Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9, while Moscow hosts its iconic Victory Parade on Friday. In addition to the Russian military, troops from 13 countries, including China, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Egypt, Mongolia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, will march through Red Square. Despite numerous calls from Kiev and Western allies to cancel trips to Moscow, around 30 leaders from the CIS, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, confirmed their