Ukraine’s leader marks end of WWII in village near Russia

https://apnews.com/article/russia-europe-ukraine-government-and-politics-ebcdf5e657ac00dcb65e181764483fa1

“Ukrainians fought together with dozens of peoples against Nazism… and definitely not for war to take the lives of our people 76 years later,” Zelenskyy said during his visit to the village.

Saturday was Victory in Europe Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the Allies formally accepting Germany’s surrender in World War II.

At the Saur-Mogila war memorial in Ukraine’s rebel-held territory, demonstrators unfurled a 300-meter (1,000-foot) brown-and-orange banner — the colors of the ribbon on the medal given to Soviet soldiers who served in World War II.