Attending the wreath-laying ceremony were Ambassador Valery E. Sukhinin and staff members of the Russian embassy.

The participants laid a wreath and bouquets before the tower and paid silent tribute to the fighters of the Soviet Army who fell in the battles for the liberation of Korea.

Then, they laid a wreath and bouquets before the cemetery of the fallen Soviet Army soldiers in Sadong District.

Meanwhile, staff members of the Russian embassy laid bouquets before the statue of the Soviet Army in Nampho City and the Liberation Tower in Haeju City.

Earlier on June 10 the consul general and officials of the Russian consulate general in the city of Chongjin laid wreaths before the Liberation Tower and the cemetery of the fallen Soviet Army soldiers in the city.