Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says the group of allies, led by the UK and France, are needed to provide security guarantees.

Sir Keir Starmer is joining the leaders of France, Germany and Poland - the first time they have travelled to Ukraine at the same time.

Moscow's grand avenues, like every year in early May, were taken over by the growling of 80-year-old tanks and the smell of gasoline burned by military vehicles. To the delight of many locals, soldiers marched in multiple rehearsals for the May 9 Victory Day Parade in the week leading up to the actual event.