On May 9, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II, which replaced the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.. The symbol of this holiday, as well as the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, which was celebrated the day before, is a red poppy..

The slogan of both memorable days is " Remember. We win"

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As a public holiday, the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II was established after the adoption on April 9, 2015 by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of Law No..

Ukraine suffered heavy losses during World War II. According to various estimates, between eight and 10 million people died, of which five million were civilians.. Approximately 2.2 million people were taken to forced labor in Nazi Germany, 10 million lost their homes. 700 cities and urban-type settlements, almost 30 thousand villages became completely destroyed.

Now Ukraine lives in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of Russia, which was launched by the president of the aggressor country Vladimir Putin under the pretext of " The symbol of Russian aggression has become the letter Z, which resembles the Nazi swastika, its use has already been banned in European countries.

The Russian military is shelling cities and residential areas, as a result of aggression, civilians of our country are dying. The invaders become marauders and commit atrocities in the cities that they temporarily occupy.

New evidence emerges of mass graves containing the bodies of Ukrainians tortured and then killed by the Russian military.

So, the mayor of Bucha, Anatoly Fedoruk, said that the Russian military killed the inhabitants of the city according to special lists that local collaborators helped to compile.

Occupiers set up filtration camps. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, residents of the city are kept in such camps for weeks.. Russian troops deported 300 residents of Mariupol to Vladivostok.