
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened a 'massive retaliatory missile strike' on Central Kyiv if Ukrainian drones disrupt his Victory Day parade in Moscow on Saturday, 9 May, warning that civilians and foreign diplomats should leave the city if Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy ignores the demand.
The warning came after days of increasingly public brinkmanship over the annual Red Square showpiece, which marks the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany.