Ukraine marks the Day of mourning and commemorating the victims of World War II

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv on the occasion of the Day of mourning and commemorating war victims in Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

The ceremony was also attended by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy, government officials and Ukrainian MPs. The participants of the ceremony marched from the Glory Square to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and laid flowers at the monument, after which they paid tribute to the victims of war with a minute of silence.As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine marks the Day of mourning and commemorating the victims of the Second World War on June 22.