Laying flowers and a memorial service in memory of the defenders of South Ossetia killed 11 years ago took place on Thursday, in Tiraspol near the chapel of St. George the Victorious, at the Memorial of Military Glory, reported the news Agency "News of Transnistria".
The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister 0 Minister of Health of the PMR Alexei Turcan, head of the official representative office of South Ossetia in Transnistria, Vitaliy Yankovsky, members of the government, representatives of the authorities and the Public Chamber.
“Today we pay tribute to all the lost defenders of South Ossetia who upheld the independence and freedom of their country at the cost of their lives,” the agency quotes the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev.
On the night of August 8, 2008, Georgia fired South Ossetia from the Grad multiple rocket launchers, Georgian troops attacked the Republic and destroyed Tskhinval. Russia, defending the inhabitants of South Ossetia, many of whom are citizens of the Russian Federation, sent troops into the Republic and after five days of hostilities displaced the Georgian military from the region. Moscow on August 26, 2008 recognized the sovereignty of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian leaders have repeatedly stated that recognition of the independence of the two former Georgian autonomies reflects the existing realities and is not subject to revision.
