Putin Marks Anniversary of Nazi Invasion with Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Moscow

President Vladimir Putin led a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow to commemorate the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. The operation, known as Operation Barbarossa, marked the beginning of one of the bloodiest chapters of World War II and is remembered each year with tributes to the millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died.