(FILES) In this file photograph taken on May 9, 2019, a Russian honour guard soldier marches during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in downtown Moscow, as Russia celebrates the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. - President Vladimir Putin said May 26, 2020, that Russia will hold a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of victory in World War II in June, after it was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. "We will do it on June 24, the day the legendary victors' parade took place in 1945," Putin told Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, ordering him to begin preparations for the event. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)