V-E Day is also celebrated by former Allies - including Ukraine and Russia - with Moscow marking the occasion on 9 May to stir up patriotic fervour, underlining the sacrifice of 27 million Soviet lives in defeating the Nazi regime. The commemoration was all the more poignant this year as war has returned to European soil following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. Macron pledges more French arms and aid to Ukraine in phone call with ZelenskyĪfter walking up the Champs-Elysées accompanied by a large escort of the Republican Guard, Macron gave a review of the troops, and rekindled the eternal flame on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.ĭuring the ceremony, Macron was accompanied by Prime Minister, Jean Castex and the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly.Macron promises 'a stronger France' at inauguration for second term as president Victory in Europe Day is celebrated all over Europe, and in other places around the world, and is called VE Day in some places.
Three days later, Adolph Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945 in his bunker. EN DIRECT | Cérémonie de commémoration du 77e anniversaire de la Victoire du. On 27 April 1945, Russian troops beat the Western Allied armed forces to Berlin and took the war-ravaged city under siege.