Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and other Russian embassy officials and foreign diplomatic envoys and military attaches here.

A wreath in the name of the Russian embassy was placed before the Liberation Tower. The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the fallen fighters of the Soviet Army before going round the tower.

Officials of the Russian embassy also placed a wreath and bouquets before the cemetery of the fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Sadong District, Pyongyang City.

Earlier, officials of the Russian embassy laid bouquets before the statue of the Soviet Army in Nampho City.

Meanwhile, staff members of the Russian consulate general in Chongjin laid wreaths before the Liberation Tower and the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in the city.