The leaders of China, Russia and North Korea, three of America's biggest adversaries, stood in solidarity during China's massive show of military weapons, including missiles that can hit the U.S.

There was no shortage of pageantry at Wednesday’s military parade in Beijing, but beyond the spectacle, it also provided the first good look at China’s latest military hardware.

Air raid alerts sounded for hours across Ukraine, with explosions heard in nine of its 24 regions, from Kyiv to Lviv and Volyn in the west, Ukrainian officials and media said.

President Donald Trumpsaid on Wednesday that China's "beautiful ceremony" marking the end of World War Two should have highlighted the role that the U.S. played in Japan's defeat.

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, presided over the display of firepower, flanked by Vladimir Putin of Russia and Kim Jong-un of North Korea, among other leaders. The parade was not just a commemoration of Japan’s defeat in World War II but, even more so, a message for the West about China’s rise.

The huge military parade through Beijing on Wednesday was a deliberately fearsome display of weaponry designed to send a message that Xi Jinping’s vision of a new world order with China at the apex will be backed up with high-tech arms that would seem,

Xi Jinping rolls out his latest weapons and a red carpet for Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

At its military parade on Wednesday, China showcased hypersonic missiles to sink ships, drones that serve as wingmen and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles that can strike the continental United States.

North Korea has been Russia’s strongest backer in its war on Ukraine, and the leaders pledged to deepen their ties.