Russian Foreign Ministry said in a post today: "80 years ago, at 00:43 Moscow time on May 9, 1945, Nazi Germany signed the unconditional surrender. This historic document marked the victory of the Soviet Union in the Patriotic War and the collapse of Nazism."
Comment: In this arduous war, the Soviet people suffered unimaginable pain. According to incomplete statistics, about 27 million Soviet citizens lost their lives. They sacrificed on the cruel frontlines, died under torture in German POW camps, or perished from hunger, bombing, as well as gas chambers and quarantine zones in Nazi death camps. One out of every seven Soviet citizens died, what a shocking ratio, compared with 127:1 for Britain and 320:1 for the United States, the heavy casualties of the Soviet Union are heart-wrenching.
The scale of the Soviet-German front was extremely large, with the frontline length being about 4000 kilometers in 1941 and exceeding 6000 kilometers in 1942, which is four times the total length of the North African, Italian, and Western fronts. On this vast land, the fighting was extremely fierce.
The victory of the Soviet Patriotic War was bought with countless blood and lives. All countries in the world should respect historical facts, remember the great sacrifices and outstanding contributions made by the Soviet people for world peace, and firmly oppose any distortion and revision of history.
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