The celebration was attended by President Vladimir Putin and a number of foreign leaders, including Vietnam's Party General Secretary, and the Presidents of China, Brazil, Venezuela, and Egypt.

3,000 servicemen and 120 military units took part in a ceremonial parade on Thursday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Thursday laid a solemn wreath at the Otan Ana Monument in Astana to honor the memory of Kazakhstani soldiers who perished during the Great Patriotic War.

Parades took place in Kazakhstan, Angola, Venezuela, Liban, and Iraq.