welcome to the programme. russia s leader vladimir putin says civilisation is at a turning point because of the war in ukraine. he gave a speech in moscow marking the anniversary of soviet victory over the nazis in the second world war, called victory day. but the nomral parade was scaled back. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. he speaks russian. they chant in russian. it is the day russia likes to project power and invincibility. military band plays. despite security concerns, the annual victory day parade went ahead on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. but the war in ukraine made this feel a very different may 9th, the 80 year old t 31i the only tank on display here. modern tanks are normally a feature of the victory day parade. not this year. there was no military fly past, it was cancelled, and there were fewer soldiers here than normal. watching from the stands, russia s commander in chief. vladimir putin is under intense pressure. his inva
is the army said the target was an anti ms. also. live now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. more strikes number. at least 15 people have been killed in gaza through the course of the day. that air strike a few hours ago was in the south of the gaza strip. two men were killed in their car and you can see in pictures, that car was on fire. the is really military says that they were transporting anti tank missiles but it s a confusing picture because don t militant group in gaza has said they were members of their organisation. there are some local sources saying that perhaps these two men were just relatives who were farmers in that area. at the same time, we ve had the israeli prime minister coming out in the past two hours, speaking about israel s operation in the gaza strip, saying that he had ordered that cherry action as early as last week in response to the rocket fire that took place just over a week ago. he said the idea was that this cuts off the top of
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