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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend the opening ceremony of the memorial complex “To the peaceful citizens of the Soviet Union who died during the Great Patriotic War”, WWII, near Zaitsevo village in the Leningrad Region, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. The ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad. The Nazi siege of Leningrad, now named St. Petersburg, was fully lifted by the Red Army on Jan. 27, 1944. More than 1 million people died mainly from starvation during the nearly 900-day siege. (Anton Vaganov/Pool Photo via AP)The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of memorial events attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and close allies.
Originally published at Associated Press