Ukraine's Victory Day shift signals move away from Russia.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a bill to the Ukrainian parliament proposing that May 8 be the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War of 1939-1945, instead of May 9, which is celebrated by Russia and some former Soviet states. May 9 will now become a "Day of Europe" in Ukraine, celebrating the anniversary of the Schuman declaration. These moves bring Kyiv closer to the EU and further away from Moscow.
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