India, May 8 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Russia to participate in the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, as the country traded fire with Ukraine just hours before.

The Chinese and Brazilian premiers are in Russia to attend the commemoration of the end of World War 2 on the occasion of Victory Day.

However, the Victory Day celebrations come amid an exchange of fire between Russia and Ukraine. According to Ukraine's President Zelensky, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic strikes and more than 140 attack drones overnight.

He said that air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv and other cities almost all day, and people were killed and injured in the attacks. Rescue efforts were ca...