Russian Ambassador lays a wreath at the Red Army Memorial in Germany
In Germany, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Red Army Memorial in memory of Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of the town of Kinitz, the first town in the country to be liberated from the Nazis. Images from the scene of events on January 31 are published by Izvestia.
Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev and other embassy staff took part in the event and laid a wreath at the memorial.
Earlier, on December 25, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the victory over Nazism in 1945 should be promoted as a common value for all mankind. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted on December 19 that Russia would invite representatives of the anti-Hitler coalition countries to the Victory Day celebration. On November 28, Putin invited military units of the CSTO countries to take part in the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
In 2025, May 9 marks 80 years since the victory in the Great Patriotic War. In January 1945, the Soviet Army launched an offensive on Berlin. As a result of the fighting at 00:43 Moscow time on May 9, the commanders-in-chief signed an act of unconditional surrender of Germany, which served as the end of the Great Patriotic War.
