Eighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire. As plumes of thick grey smoke rise into the air, the Red Army storms across a bridge and battles for control of a tiny ...

Russian troops have raised their national flag – and the Soviet victory banner – on buildings in the frontline Ukrainian town of Vuhledar. Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly ordered the retreat of his ...

More than 25 million Soviets died during World War II. Many Russian families still commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. But today's state also uses the anniversary to consolidate ...

For most countries burned by World War II, its final days of May 8 and 9 are marked as a moment of time of remembrance and reconciliation, as proclaimed by the U.N. General Assembly in November 2004.

Victory Day is Russia's most solemn secular holiday. It marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. This year's 80th anniversary has been shadowed, arguably tarnished, by Russia's war ...

This speech was given by Andrei Ritsky, a representative of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists in Russia, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3. May Day 2025 speech ...

A column of Russian armored vehicles with red communist Soviet-era victory flags was struck by drones on a Ukrainian minefield in Kursk on February 16, according to the Telegram channel Shrike News.

While the Soviet victory in World War II 80 years ago is still celebrated today, its form has changed to be less about Soviet heritage, and more about Kazakh national identity. On the 20th floor of a ...

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine. Victory Day is Russia's most solemn secular holiday. It marks the ...