China’s Xi accepts Putin’s invitation to attend Victory Day event in Moscow

Xi in return, invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to China for the country’s commemoration of the end of World War Two, which is planned for September China’s President Xi Jinping, then Mongolia's President Khaltmaagiin Battulga and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo as they attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 14, 2019. File Image/Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia’s invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news agency reported on Monday. The Kremlin said in December that it had invited “many countries” to attend the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, which Russians call the “Great Patriotic War.” The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in World War Two, including many millions in Ukraine, but eventually pushed Nazi forces back to Berlin, where Adolf Hitler committed suicide and the red Soviet Victory Banner was raised over the Reichstag in 1945. Morgulov said that Xi in return, invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to China for the country’s commemoration of the end of World War Two, which is planned for September.