Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Russian ambassador Alexandr Timonin and diplomatic envoys and military attaches of various countries here.

After a wreath in the name of the embassy was placed there, the participants paid silent tribute to fallen fighters of the Soviet Army.

Staff members of the Russian embassy presented a wreath and bunches of flowers to the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Sadong District, Pyongyang.

Earlier, they laid bunches of flowers at the liberation towers, statues, cemeteries and monuments to fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in local areas.

Staff members of the Russian consulate general in Chongjin of North Hamgyong Province laid wreaths before the liberation tower and cemetery of fallen fighters there.

Meanwhile, a wreath in the name of the Polish embassy here was presented to the Liberation Tower.