The symbol of the holiday is a red poppy.
May 9 is celebrated in Ukraine Victory Day over Nazism in World War II, which replaced Victory Day 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 the red poppy.
The slogan of both memorable days is “1939-1945. Remember. Win.” >
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The Day of Victory over Nazism in the Second World War was established as a national holiday after the adoption on April 9, 2015 by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of Law № 2539 “On Perpetuating the Victory over Nazism in the Second World War 1939-1945”.
Ukraine 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 deported to forced labor in Nazi Germany, and 10 million lost their homes. 700 urban-type towns and villages, almost 30,000 villages, were completely destroyed.
Ukraine is now living in the midst of a full-scale Russian invasion launched by the president of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin, under the pretext of “denazification”, but the Russian military itself has already begun to be called racist. The symbol of Russian aggression has become the letter Z, reminiscent of the Nazi swastika, the use of which has already been banned in European countries.
The Russian military is shelling cities and neighborhoods, killing civilians. The occupiers become looters and commit atrocities in the cities they temporarily occupy. There are new data on mass graves in which the bodies of Ukrainians who were tortured and then killed by the Russian military are buried.
Yes, Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said that the Russian military killed city residents for special lists that local collaborators helped compile.
The occupiers are setting up filtration camps. According to Mariupol Mayor's Adviser Petro Andryushchenko, city residents are being held in such camps for weeks. 300 Mariupol residents were deported to Vladivostok by Russian troops.
