A Mi-26 military helicopter flies over a statue of the Mother Motherland at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery where more than half million Leningrad Siege victims were buried during the World War II, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military air parade which will take place on May 9, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. The Russian air force conducted a rehearsal for the flyover intended to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over the Nazis on May 9, but the planned military parade is postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving only the flyby. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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