Flower-laying ceremony held in St. Petersburg to commemorate Victory Day

A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

People lay flowers during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

An elderly man lays flowers during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

A flower-laying ceremony is held during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

People lay flowers during a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War at Serafimov cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2025. The Serafimov cemetery is where victims died in the Siege of Leningrad were buried during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)