Kazakh veterans and military officers salute to the eternal flame at the square of Defender of the Fatherland in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2020. Instead of parades and fireworks, Kazakhstan marked the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War with some small-scale yet heart-warming events amid the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

A Kazakh boy wearing Soviet army uniform lays flowers at the square of Defender of the Fatherland in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2020. Instead of parades and fireworks, Kazakhstan marked the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War with some small-scale yet heart-warming events amid the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

Two Kazakh veterans look at the eternal flame at the square of Defender of the Fatherland in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2020. Instead of parades and fireworks, Kazakhstan marked the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War with some small-scale yet heart-warming events amid the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)