Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre left, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, and Commander-in-Chief of the Graund Forces and Victory Parade Commander Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov, right, walk to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the military parade marking 74 years since the victory in WWII in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





Russian troops march during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian servicemen march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Su-34 military fighter jets fly in formation during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above a monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





Russian troops march during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian troops march during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. Putin has told the annual military Victory Day parade in Red Square that the country will continue to strengthen its armed forces. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





The support combat vehicles “Terminator” move along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian honour guard carry a national flag, left, and a replica of the Victory banner during the military parade to celebrate 74 years since the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A serviceman during a Victory Day military parade in Vladivostok, Russia on May 9, 2019 marking the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS)





Russian servicemen drive Kurganets-25 Kurganets-25 armoured personnel carriers during the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2019. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





Russian female military servicemen march during Victory Day parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 09 May 2019. Russia marks 09 May the 74th anniversary of the victory in the World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





Russian servicewomen march through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in downtown Moscow on May 9, 2019. Russia celebrates the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





A Russian strategic nuclear missile RS-24 Yars rolls during Victory Day parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 09 May 2019. Russia marks 09 May the 74th anniversary of the victory in the World War II over Nazi Germany and its allies. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA/EFE)





A Russian honour guard soldier marches during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in downtown Moscow on May 9, 2019. Russia celebrates the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)





Servicewomen march in formation during a Victory Day military parade marking the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II, in Moscow's Red Square, Russia on May 9, 2019. (Photo by Valery Sharifulin/TASS)