Vladimir Putin honored the memory of those killed on the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion

President of Russia, Vladimir Putintoday we honored the memory of the fallen during the Great Patriotic War, the period The Second World War between Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, which began 81 years ago this Wednesday, and the surrender Berlin.

In deep mourning, the president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in the Alexander Garden, near the western facade of the Kremlin wall.

Putin got down on one knee to adjust the ribbons of the flower crown, after which, standing up, he bowed his head for a few seconds in front of the monument, which remembers the fallen in eternal flame. The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

Then head Kremlin laid a bouquet of red carnations on each of the monoliths of thirteen Soviet cities awarded the honorary title of Hero City, including the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odessa, which were attacked by the Russian army during the “special military operation” that is taking place in Ukraine.

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At dawn, a few hours before the official ceremony, volunteers gathered in the Alexander Garden, dressed in the uniform of the times The Great Patriotic War In the building on the banks of the Moscow River, 1418 candles were lit, one for each day of the war.

June 22 is remembered in Russia as the Day of Sorrow and Remembrance; On the same day in 1941 Nazi Germany attacked Soviet Union Despite the non-aggression pact they signed on August 23, 1939, nine days before the start of the war. The Second World War.

According to official statistics, more than 27 million Soviet people died as a result of the war, although experts and historians claim that real losses Soviet Union they were much higher.

(As reported by EFE)