Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first.

Russia on May 9 paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square. President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and more than two dozen other foreign leaders looked on as various truck-mounted Russian-made drones were driven across the vast square on their launchers,

Russia marked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany with its traditional military parade on Friday - but this time the weapons displayed included drones used in the Ukraine war as President Vladimir Putin drew parallels between the two conflicts.