Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Igor Sagitov, Russian charge d'affaires a.i., and his embassy officials, and other diplomatic envoys and military attaches.

A wreath was placed before the tower in the name of the Russian embassy.

They observed a moment's silence to the memory of the fallen fighters of the Soviet Army and then went round it.

They also placed a wreath and bunches of flowers before the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Sadong District, Pyongyang.

Earlier, the embassy officials visited different localities to place bunches of flowers before a liberation tower, statue of the Soviet Army soldier, memorial tower and cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army.

The consul general and officials of the Russian consulate general in Chongjin placed wreaths before the liberation tower and cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Chongjin on the same day.