World War II and the battle over collective memory in Eastern Europe | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent | DW

Russia and Ukraine commemorate the end of the war in very different ways. While Moscow has continued to politicize the historic event, Kyiv has shifted toward an increasingly Western approach.

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