Vladimir Putin was forced to cancel Russia's traditional Victory Day parade on 9 May, as the coronavirus crisis gathered pace in the country.

Usually, Victory Day in Russia sees columns of soldiers, veterans, historical Red Army vehicles, and modern military hardware parade through Moscow's Red Square.

Instead, Russia organised low-key commemorations, involving a flypast of military aircraft over the Kremlin and wreath-laying ceremonies.

Now, Putin has instructed his Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, to begin preparations for further commemorations next month.

"We will do it on 24 June, the day the legendary victors' parade took place in 1945," he told his minister on TV on Tuesday.

Victory Day commemorations are important features of the calendar for former Soviet countries, which together lost around 26 million people in World War Two.