Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Russia will hold a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of victory in World War II in Moscow on June 24. 

Russia commemorates the Soviet victory over the Nazis each year on May 9 with a massive military display that sees thousands of troops and tanks parade through Red Square and military jets fly in formation over the capital.

However, Putin had to postpone Russia's Victory Day celebrations, including a huge military parade across Red Square, this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only an air parade was held on May 9. 

"We will do it on June 24, the day the legendary victors' parade took place in 1945," Putin told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, ordering him to begin preparations for the event.