Poland’s president led international commemorations on Thursday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a gathering meant as an alternative celebration to Moscow’s Red Square parade two days later.
President Bronislaw Komorowski organized the ceremonies in Gdansk in reaction to the deep divisions between the West and Russia over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
They were meant to give Western leaders who want to avoid the Russian ceremonies a chance to pay homage to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Though many Western leaders are boycotting the May 9 commemorations in Moscow, few have agreed to come to …read more
Source: Voice of America
