A military cadet carries a figure of a Nazi German soldier during a military festival dedicated to the upcoming Victory Day in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A boy aims a machine gun during a military-historical festival dedicated to the upcoming Victory Day in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry servicewomen attend a rehearsal for the upcoming Victory Day military parade, in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 25, 2024. (Phoot by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Corgi dogs take part in a costume parade during a Star Wars themed event in Moscow, Russia on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A Corgi dog takes part in a costume parade during a Star Wars themed event in Moscow, Russia on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





A woman and her Corgi dogs take part in a Star Wars themed event in Moscow, Russia on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)





People attend the Moscow Half Marathon near Moscow Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 29 April 2024. The Moscow Half Marathon is the largest race in Russia at a distance of 21.1 km. The route of the Moscow Half Marathon runs in one circle along the Moscow embankments of Luzhnetskaya, Frunzenskaya, Prechistenskaya, Kremlyovskaya, Kotelnicheskaya and Krasnokholmskaya. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





People attend the Moscow Half Marathon near Moscow Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 29 April 2024. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry female cadets shout as they march during a rehearsal in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 79 years after the victory in World War II. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A British Husky APC, captured by Russian forces in Ukraine, is displayed at the WWII memorial complex at Poklonnya Hill western in Moscow, on May 1, 2024. The Russian Ministry of Defence opened an exhibition of samples of “Western weapons and military equipment” captured by Russian forces in Ukraine. The exhibition will last for one month. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





A Russian officer walks along a U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank as he prepares to speak to foreign military attaches during their visit to an exhibition of Western military equipment captured from Kyiv forces during the fighting in Ukraine, in Moscow on Friday, May 3, 2024. The exhibit organized by the Russian Defense Ministry features more than 30 pieces of Western-made heavy equipment, including a U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank and a Bradley armored fighting vehicle. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Members of a Russian military band walk upstairs before a rehearsal for a parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen take part in the Victory Day military parade rehearsal at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The parade will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 79 years of the victory in WWII. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP Photo)





A security stands guard before a rehearsal for a military parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian Navy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The parade will take place at St. Petersburg's Palace Square on May 9 to celebrate 79 years since the victory in WWII. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Honour guards of the Presidential regiment carry Russian national flag during a ceremony inaugurating Vladimir Putin as President of Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Pool via Reuters)





Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin walks prior to his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via AFP Photo)





A participant dressed in a historical uniform stands at attention during a ceremony, which is part of the Memory Candle campaign dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Simferopol, Crimea on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)





A legendary Soviet era T-34 tank with a red flag atop rolls during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day military parade on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 09 May 2024. Russia marks the 79th anniversary of the victory in World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)