The eternal flame is lit at the memorial in the center of the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region

Rock singer Yulia Chicherina took part in the ceremony near the memorial, where the names of almost 4,500 dead fighters against fascism are carved.

“We keep our promise, it is already becoming a tradition.

Another Eternal Flame is lit.

I promise that we will meet May 9 with dignity: with our memory, with our traditions,” she said.

Also, the Eternal Flame was lit earlier at the Mass Grave memorial in Melitopol, the agency writes.

In mid-March, about 200 people in Kherson for the first time since 2015 were able to take part in a rally in memory of Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from Nazi invaders in March 1944.