Zelenskyy addresses Ukrainians in Kyiv as Moscow airspace remains blocked

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video reside for nan Day of Remembrance and Victory complete Nazism, recorded successful selfie mode arsenic he walked down Kyiv’s bustling cardinal Khreschatyk street.

"This time reminds america of an important pattern: each evil inevitably comes to an end," he said stepping to Kyiv’s Independence square.

“On nan greeting of February 24 Khreschatyk was quiet – nary cars, nary people. Now, location is life here, you see. Three years ago, erstwhile I recorded an Independence Day address, burned Russian vehicles stood here. And that is nan only benignant of parade evil tin get here," Zelenskyy said.

Zelenskyy was seen filming nan video successful Kyiv nan time before, connected May 7. The Ukrainian leader took selfies pinch group connected nan streets, which had not been blocked aliases cordoned disconnected for him.

Zelenskyy's reside shows a stark quality pinch nan unprecedented information measures successful Russia’s superior earlier Moscow’s Victory Parade connected Friday.

"The quality betwixt life connected Independence Square and a parade of fearfulness connected Red Square", he said.

Zelenskyy said that location will beryllium columns of tanks, "marching blocks of killers" and "staged crowds" connected nan Red Square connected Friday, calling it "the sect that is called 'We tin repeat'," referring to nan WWII Soviet motto 'we tin do it again’ aliases ‘we tin repeat’ which Russia has now been utilizing successful its full-scale penetration of Ukraine.

“You did repeat. You repeated each that evil. Ukraine saw it. The full world saw it. Tomorrow nan atrocities of nan Nazis will beryllium brought up by nan organiser of nan wide graves successful Bucha. And those who orchestrated nan blockade of Mariupol will beryllium nan ones talking astir nan siege of Leningrad."

Drone threat complete Moscow's Victory Day parade

Moscow has been preparing for nan Friday parade nether unprecedented information measures and amid a Ukrainian drone attack, which started earlier this week. Moscow has built up layered aerial defence, specifically against drones.

And though location were nary caller drone attacks connected Thursday, complete 100 flights were still delayed successful Moscow airports.

Turkish Airlines reportedly cancelled almost each of its flights to and from Moscow Vnukovo airport, according to nan Association of Russia’s Tour Operators.

The Kremlin said location would beryllium disruption to mobile telephone awesome and net relationship successful cardinal Moscow successful nan run-up to nan parade, and past besides connected Friday May 9.

Dmitri Peskov claimed nan measures, which whitethorn past done May 10, are basal owed to "dangerous neighbours."

"These are not disruptions, but restrictions for evident reasons. We want nan glorious Victory Day to beryllium celebrated astatine nan due level," he added.

Twenty-nine leaders, including China's President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are expected to attend, nan Kremlin said.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico are nan only European leaders attending nan parade successful Moscow.