The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky laid flowers to the Eternal flame in the Park of Eternal Glory in Kyiv and honored memory of the victims of the Second world war with a minute of silence. About it reports RIA "news" with reference to the office of the President.
Earlier, Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said that mass events on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Victory in great Patriotic war in Ukraine will not take place due to pandemic coronavirus.
In Ukraine, a Western-style, 8 may is celebrated as the Day of memory and reconciliation. This holiday was instituted in March 2015.
