Itar-Tass reports that events are currently held in South Ossetia on the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Georgian aggression against the republic the people of which honor the memory and courage of the heroes – compatriots and Russian peacekeepers, who thwarted the adventurist plans of Tbilisi in August 2008.
The memory action “Let us Remember all…” was held in the republic’s capital overnight. The guests and residents of South Ossetia, representatives of the Alania Diocese and the republic’s leadership marched in a religious procession from the capital’s Teatralnaya Square to Square of Fatherland Defenders. At a screen installed there documentary footage of the combat actions was shown, and the mournful music was played by the Rachmaninoff Russian State TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra.
“The South Ossetian leadership promises that it will never forget the friends and relatives of the soldiers who fell on the field of battle in the land of South Ossetia. The treacherous attack began at a time when the world attention was focused on the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Innocent civilians, young defenders of our state, the peacemakers were killed,” the republic’s President Leonid Tibilov told the crowd in the square.
After the church service in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Tskhinval’s outskirts, prayers were uttered and candles will lit in memory of those who were killed by the Georgian aggressors’ attack.
