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epa10027253 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to mark the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, at the Alexandrovsky Garden near the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia, 22 June 2022. Day of Remembrance and Sorrow is observed annually on 22 June in Russia to commemorate those who died defending the Soviet Union from Nazi Germany and its allies during Operation Barbarossa, launched on 22 June 1941. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL