“Ukraine War Overshadows World War II Commemoration: Russian Flags Banned in Berlin”

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People laid flowers at the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Tiergarten on Monday. Commemorating the 78th anniversary of the victory over Hitler’s Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Back then, Russians and Ukrainians fought side by side – now they face each other in Ukraine as war enemies. A day before the celebrations of the Red Army’s victory against Nazi Germany in Russia, the Russian military launched another large-scale attack on Ukraine. Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev looked at graffiti left by Red Army soldiers in the Bundestag on Monday. “Unfortunately, on this day we have to draw a parallel. Between World War II and Russia’s barbaric war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukrainians made an important contribution to liberating Europe from Nazi rule. My grandpa, whose name and surname I remember trage, Oleksii Makeiev, also contributed as a tank commander in the army and went to Prague with the Ukrainian front.” Russian flags are not allowed to be displayed at commemorations at the end of the Second World War on Monday and Tuesday in Berlin. The Higher Administrative Court made the final decision on Monday. The judges overturned a decision of the administrative court. The reason given was that Russian flags were suitable for conveying a willingness to use violence against the background of the war of aggression against Ukraine. Ukrainian flags, on the other hand, may be displayed at commemorative events. More