Wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 83d anniversary of Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII
epa11430022 Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Hero Cities memorial plates by the Kremlin wall during a ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 on the Memory and Sorrow Day in Moscow, Russia, 22 June 2024. The Day of Remembrance and Sorrow is observed annually on 22 June in Russia to commemorate those who died defending the Soviet Union from Nazi Germany and its allies during Operation Barbarossa, launched on 22 June 1941. EPA/ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
