Seen standing before the tower was a wreath bearing the august name of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up before the tower.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Charge d'Affaires ad Interim Vladimir Topeha and staff members of the embassy.

Amid the playing of the wreath-laying music, a wreath in the name of the Russian embassy was laid before the tower

The participants paid silent tribute to the memory of the fallen fighters of the Soviet Army and looked round the tower.

On the same day, members of the Russian embassy laid wreaths and flowers before the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army in Sadong District.

Earlier, members of the embassy visited the liberation tower, the memorial tower of the Soviet Army and the cemetery of martyrs in Haeju, Wonsan and Hamhung.