Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders attend a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2026. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS
A soldier salutes at the Soviet War Memorial near the Brandenburg Gate, as Russia marks Victory Day and the 81st anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Berlin, Germany, May 9, 2026. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2026.ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2026. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2026. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2026.ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS