President Vladimir Putin has flown to Crimea, which Russia annexed in March, amid celebrations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
In a speech in Moscow earlier, Mr Putin paid tribute to World War Two heroes and vowed to defend the "motherland".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had said it would be a pity if Mr Putin used the anniversary to visit Crimea.
Meanwhile, reports say several people died in a shoot-out between Ukrainian troops and separatists in Mariupol.
Kiev recently recently launched an operation to retake official buildings occupied by pro-Russia rebels in Mariupol and several other cities in Ukraine's east and south.
Video footage from Mariupol showed armoured vehicles with Ukrainian flags in the streets, with the sound of gunfire in the background.
Soviet 'iron will'Ukraine's interim authorities earlier said the Soviet victory over the Nazis would be marked with a low-key wreath-laying ceremony.
The Kiev authorities feared that pro-Russian activists would try to stoke violence if there were any higher profile celebrations.
Mr Putin, addressing thousands in Moscow's Red Square during a huge hour-long military parade, did not mention Ukraine in his speech.
He told the crowd that 9 May, known as Victory Day in Russia, was a "day of grief and eternal memory" and stressed how the "iron will of the Soviet people" had saved Europe from slavery.
"It is a holiday when an overwhelming force of patriotism triumphs, when all of us feel particularly acutely what it means to be loyal to the motherland and how important it is to defend its interests," he said.
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