PHOTO COLLECTION: Russia VE Day

Fireworks explode over Quadriga on the Arc de Triumph and the Victory Monument on Poklonnaya Hill during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

People carry portraits of relatives who fought in World War II, during the Immortal Regiment march at the Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People hold a portrait of a relative who fought in World War II, during the Immortal Regiment march at the Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A woman carries portraits of her relatives who fought in World War II, during the Immortal Regiment march at the Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Vietnamese servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Cadets attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian servicemen stand in formation in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

Russian T-80 BVM tanks roll in Red square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters, centre, of The Russian Knights aerobatic team and Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters of The Swifts aerobatic team fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russian servicemen attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

People carry portraits of Russian servicemen killed during the military operation in Ukraine, during the Immortal Regiment march at the Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Andrey Bok)

People holding portraits of relatives who fought in World War II, watch a concert at the Palace Square after during the Immortal Regiment march in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, talk as they watch the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

US director Oliver Stone arrives for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

US action-movie actor Steven Seagal arrives for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Chinese servicemen hold their national flag as they attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Pelagia Tikhonova/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

From second right: Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinpin watch the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Vietnamese servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov is driven along Red Square in an Aurus car during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Chinese servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Maxim Bogodvid/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov is driven along Red Square in an Aurus car during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Wilf/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Maxim Bogovid/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Ilya Pitalev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinpin, centre, wait for the start of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Mikhail Korytov/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinpin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinpin attend a signing ceremony after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinpin shake hands after their joint statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Military troops stand in formation in Red Square before the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexey Maishev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, and Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev, attend a working lunch with China President Xi Jinping, fourth left, at The Faceted Chamber of the Kremlin’s Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER Guests sit during a dinner on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation for heads of foreign delegations in the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP)

Russian Communist’s Party supporters unfurl a giant replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory marking the upcoming Victory Day to celebrate 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center left, and China’s President Xi Jinping, right, arrive for their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of volunteer search teams prepare coffins with the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II for a reburial ceremony at the Sinyavino Heights memorial near the village of Sinyavino, 50 km (31 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)

Members of volunteer search teams lower the coffin with the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II into a mass grave, during a reburial ceremony at the Sinyavino Heights memorial near the village of Sinyavino, 50 km (31 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)

Members of volunteer search teams walk past the mass grave with the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, during a reburial ceremony at the Sinyavino Heights memorial near the village of Sinyavino, 50 km (31 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with the President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

FILE – Russian mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles roll across Red Square in Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Russian servicewomen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh arrive for their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exchange documents during a signing ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, left, ahead of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexey Nikolsky/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, arrives for a meeting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Participants of the Russian motorcycle club “Night Wolves” kneel in front of Friedrich Press’ obelisk during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Soviet garrison cemetery in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday May 7, 2025, as these days mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

Russian guards of honour stand at their positions prior to the arrival of Mongolia’s President at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of volunteer search teams stand around the mass grave with the remains of Soviet soldiers killed during World War II, during a reburial ceremony at the Sinyavino Heights memorial near the village of Sinyavino, 50 km (31 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)

Russian army soldiers march to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colours of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, to mark 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colours of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal with the Spasskaya Tower, left, and the St. Basil’s Cathedral, right, in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colors of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal with the Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov is driven along Red Square in an Aurus car during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)