Images: Russia, France mark end of WWII in Europe

[caption id=“attachment_303835” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“An unidentified WWII veteran is helped to walk as students of a Moscow medical university carry torches during a march to commemorate university’s staffers and students killed in World War II, in Moscow, Russia. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_303837” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Russian President Vladimir Putin (front) takes part in a wreath laying ceremony near memorials by the Kremlin wall on the eve of the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_303841” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier on the eve of Victory Day celebration in Moscow, Russia. AP”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_303845” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and newly-elected president Francois Hollande attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe to mark the end of World War II in Paris. Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_303846” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and newly-elected president Francois Hollande attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe to commemorate the end of World War II in Paris.Reuters”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_303847” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and newly-elected president Francois Hollande attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe to mark the end of World War II in Paris . Reuters”] [/caption]

Images: Russia, France mark end of WWII in Europe

France and Russia marked the end of World War II in Europe with solemn ceremonies. Images of V-E day memorials from the two nations.

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