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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) and President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) and President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) and President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb (L) visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb (L) visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb (L) visited the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, a memorial dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2025 on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Russia holds memorial event to mark WWII Siege of Leningrad

STORY: Russia holds memorial event to mark WWII Siege of Leningrad DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:09 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of interactive performance called "900 Days and Nights" held in the courtyard of State Academic Capella in St. Petersburg STORYLINE: Russia's second largest city St. Petersburg on Friday held the annual "900 Days and Nights" memorial event marking the 79th anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. The commemoration featured an interactive performance held among military installations in the courtyard of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, the oldest Russian professional musical institution. The audience watched the light and sound performance of air raids and bombardments. Newsreel footage of the besieged Leningrad was demonstrated on the facade of the Chapel. Fireworks display was held later in the evening at the Peter and Paul Fortress. The military siege of Leningrad lasted nearly 900

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

(from L) Natallia Pintsyuk, wife of the jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, Jan Rachynskij, head of Russia's Memorial human rights group, and Olexandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, pose after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2022.

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Jan Rachynskij (L), head of Russia's Memorial human rights group, speaks as it receives the Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2022.

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Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony

Jan Rachynskij, head of Russia's Memorial human rights group, speaks as it receives the Nobel Peace Prize at an award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2022.

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

An official of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties meets the press in Kyiv on Oct. 7, 2022, after the group was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk (wearing blue), head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, celebrates with the group's other members after a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, holds a placard reading "For your and our freedom" at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk (C), head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, poses for a photo with the group's other members at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk (L), head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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Ukrainian group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oleksandra Matviychuk (C), head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, speaks at a press conference in Kyiv on Oct. 8, 2022, a day after the organization was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power."

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2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, speaks during an interview in Oslo on Oct. 7, 2022, after announcing the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize was awarded to jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups -- Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties and Russia's Memorial -- for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, speaks during an interview in Oslo on Oct. 7, 2022, after announcing the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize was awarded to jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups -- Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties and Russia's Memorial -- for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

An official of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties meets the press in Kyiv on Oct. 7, 2022, after the group was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2022, shows the logo of the Center for Civil Liberties. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded the same day to jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups -- Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties and Russia's Memorial -- for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Members of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties pose in Kyiv on Oct. 7, 2022, after the group was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize along with jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and Russia's Memorial human rights group for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2022, shows a building housing the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded the same day to jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups -- Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties and Russia's Memorial -- for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Winners of 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

A senior official (R) of the Center for Civil Liberties hears from school officials in Irpin, near Kyiv, in June 2022 that their school has been destroyed in a Russian missile attack. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Oct. 7, 2022, to jailed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups -- Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties and Russia's Memorial -- for their "outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power."

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Okinawa marks 77th anniversary of significant WWII ground battle

People visit a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. The names of over 200,000 people who lost their lives in the major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops are engraved on the monument. Okinawa on Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the first Japanese leader in three years to attend the memorial service due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in a "peace declaration" said Russia's invasion of Ukraine evoked memories of the conflict in the southern island prefecture while pledging to "continue efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and renounce war, so that Okinawa will never become a battlefield again."

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Hiroshima bomb survivors talk about war in Ukraine

Survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima talk about Russia's invasion of Ukraine on April 8, 2022, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in the Japanese city.

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Protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine

People rally in front of Lincoln Memorial in Washington on March 27, 2022, in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Memorial service held for Japanese war dead in Russia's Far East

Toshiei Mizuochi, a Japanese upper house member and head of the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association, pays floral tribute during a memorial service for Japanese World War II soldiers in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin on Nov. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russia hands over Japanese soldiers' remains recovered in Far East

Toshiei Mizuochi (L), a Japanese upper house member who heads an association of people who lost family members during World War II, shakes hands with a Russian official at a memorial service held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin on Nov. 11, 2015. Russia handed over to Japan the same day a total of 31 sets of what are believed to be remains of Japanese soldiers recovered by a Russian group on Shumshu Island, now part of Russia's Kuril Islands chain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian Federation Council speaker visits Nagasaki

Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia's Federation Council, carries flowers as she visits the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki on Nov. 3, 2016. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo