The city of Donetsk in a separatist-held area in eastern Ukraine has held a Victory Day parade despite a ban on such celebrations in Ukraine as well as on the tanks and other heavy weapons featured in the parade.
The display on May 9 of such heavy weaponry, which has been used by the Russia-backed separatists during their four-year conflict with government forces, violates the terms of a 2015 peace deal that has been little honored by either side, AFP reported.
