Police cadets march in Palace Square during a Victory Day military parade in St Petersburg, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Peter Kovalev/TASS)





Russian servicemen parade with tanks during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Re-enactors, in World War Two-era Soviet Navy uniforms, take part in the Victory Day military parade, marking the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)





Russian polar version anti-aircraft system moves along the Red Square during a military parade in Moscow, Russia, 09 May 2017. Russia celebrates the 72nd anniversary of the victory over the Nazi Germany in World War II on 09 May 2017. (Photo by Sergei Chirikov/EPA)





A Russian military band performs at Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Russia marks the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/AFP Photo)





Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes as he reviews units during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





A shoe lies on paving stones as servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





Russian military aircrafts fly over Dvortsovaya Square during the Victory Day military parade in Saint Petersburg on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





Russia's military-patriotic movement Yunarmiya cadets march at Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





Russian servicewomen march at Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Russia marks the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





Russian soldiers drive military vehicles along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photo)





Russian marines march along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers drive military vehicles along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photo)





Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu crosses himself as he is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers drive famous WWII tank T-34 along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes to his soldiers as he is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers drive military vehicles along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers march along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Russian army Gen. Oleg Salyukov, right, walk along the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A tank driver looks on prior the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russian soldiers march along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A participant of parade yawns prior the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Russian army soldiers march along the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moldovan President Igor Dodon, right, put flowers at a WWII memorial near the Kremlin wall after the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Mikoyan MIG-31, supersonic all-weather long-range jets fly over a statue of an angel fixed atop the Alexander Column during the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Self-propelled artillery vehicles Msta S are transported by trucks after the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





WWII veteran Alexei Marchenkov, 94, poses for a photo at the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Marchenkov went to a front on July 12, 1941 in the Soviet Union and finished his service on Sept. 2, 1945 at Far East. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian female army soldiers march along the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A pigeon walks in front of the ranks of soldiers during the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A child holds flowers before the parade during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





A woman holds a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as she takes part in the Immortal Regiment march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Two Russian servicemen sit inside a Buk-M2 missile system during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the portrait of his father, war veteran Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, as he attends the Immortal Regiment march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Moldovan President Igor Dodon, and World War II veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Kramarenko attend the Victory Day reception after the military parade, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Aleksey Nikolskyi/Reuters/Sputnik/Kremlin)





The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, greets guests at a reception at the Moscow Kremlin to mark the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the “Great Patriotic War” of 1941-1945 on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Alexei Nikolsky/TASS)





A Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile system during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/Reuters)





A boy attends the Immortal Regiment march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





People carry flags and pictures of World War Two soldiers as they take part in the Immortal Regiment march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Two Pantsir-SA surface-to-air missile systems during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian artillery fire in salute during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)





Russian servicemen parade with tanks during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen march during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen parade with tanks during the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)