President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Ukraine “glorifies” Adolf Hitler’s SS killing squads and vowed to “eradicate Nazism,” as he opened a memorial marking 80 years since the end of the siege of Leningrad.
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko (L) address the audience at the opening ceremony of a monument to civilians killed during World War Two, near the village of Zaytsevo, Leningrad region, on January 27, 2024, as part of events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from Nazi blockade during WWII. (Photo by Dmitry AZAROV / POOL / AFP)