🇷🇺 - Putin's statement has now been delayed by an hour.

🇷🇺⚡- Scenes from the Kremlin Press Hall.

🇷🇺⚡- Scenes from the Kremlin Press Hall.

Dmitri Peskov should double check the date and time of the press briefing.

🇷🇺⚡- Airspace over the Astrakhan region is completely empty - the region is home to Kapustin Yar, the Russian missile base, where the Oreshnik is stored.

🇷🇺⚡- BREAKING: Putin has arrived at the Press Hall.

🇷🇺⚡️- Putin is delivering a long congratulation for Victory Day at this time.

🇷🇺⚡️- "We've had 20 bilateral meetings with numerous heads of states from Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America. Overall, the commemorative events were attended by 27 heads of state from all the parts of the world." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺⚡️- Putin is thanking the leaders of the foreign nations whose armies marched in Moscow's Victory Day Parade.

🇷🇺🇰🇵⚡️- "North Korean military acted in the Kursk region in a highly professional manner, demonstrated good training and preparation." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇰🇵⚡️- "I was glad to personally thank the military leaders from the DPRK and the special forces soldiers who participated in the liberation of the Kursk region." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️- "The President of China, Xi Jinping, what an honorary guest. We held very fruitful talks. We made two joint statements, we signed a number of intergovernmental agreements that covered such areas of trade, science, research, and finance. As I said, my visit to China will be to participate in the 80th Anniversary of China's victory over Japan." - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡- Putin expressed hope that relations with European countries will one day begin to improve.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "It is known that Russia previously came up with initiatives on ceasefire. But these initiatives, time and time again, were undermined by the Kiev regime [Ukraine.] They violated the moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure. This moratorium was announced after the agreement we reached with President Donald Trump. They did not adhere to the ceasefire on Easter." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "I believe our counterparts in the West are working to resolve this conflict." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "The Kiev authorities [Ukraine] did not respond to our ceasefire proposal." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President, referring to the 3-day ceasefire for Victory Day.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "They [Ukraine] violated the ceasefire over these three days. There were 5 targeted attempts to infiltrate the state border of the Russian Federation, in the Kursk region and the Belgorod region." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "The attempts to infiltrate the border of the Russian Federation were repelled." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "The Kiev authorities did not just reject our proposal on ceasefire, they were trying to intimidate the heads of state that were traveling to participate in the commemorative events in Moscow." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇺🇦⚡️- BREAKING: Putin offers direct negotiations in Istanbul on May 15th for a ceasefire.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- "We need to ensure long-lasting peace in the historical context. Maybe we can agree on another truce, on another ceasefire, a real ceasefire." - Vladimir Putin, Russian President.