The Russian President, Vladimir Putintoday laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in the Alexander Gardens, next to the western face of the Kremlin wall, on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day.
After placing the wreath before the monument, Putin unfurled the ribbons of the wreath and honored the memory of the fallen with the Russian anthem in the background.
also deposited red carnations before the monuments to the hero cities of the Second World Warwhich also include the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odesa.
The Russian president, who visits all February 23 this monument located in the center of Moscowattended the ceremony accompanied by Russian war veterans, with whom he spoke after depositing the crown before the eternal flame.
In addition to Putin, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was attended throughout the day by a representation of the staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense and a delegation from the Moscow Mayor’s Office, who laid floral offerings in front of the monument.