(Archive photo) Boys, cadets of Ukrainian Cadets Corps, hold Kalashnikov machineguns as they guard in front of the monument for the victims during a memorial ceremony in Kyiv on Oct. 28, 2014 marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from Nazi occupation during WWII.
Photo by AFP
On May 8, Ukraine honours the memory of the Second World War victims, along with nations of Europe and the United States.
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