Throughout the former Soviet Union, today
marks the 69th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s capitulation to the Soviet Red
Army during the Great Patriotic War (or World World II). Victory Day is
celebrated every year with large parades and rallies.
This year, Putin
was in Crimea for Victory Day. He has declared Crimea’s return to Russia as
‘historic justice’.
Throughout Ukraine, people gathered at war
memorials. Outside the pro-Russian separatist-held regional government
buildings, war veterans marched in uniforms with shiny medals of valour and
people waved the flags of Russia, the Soviet Union. The ‘Donetsk People's
Republic’ continues to plan their referendum on independence from Kyiv on
Sunday.
In the southeastern port city of Mariupol,
Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian separatists. More than 10 people have
died, and dozens more wounded.
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