Ukrainian President Zelensky honors memory of fallen soldiers with flowers and minute of silence

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the memory of Ukrainian soldiers “who gave their lives defending their homeland,” the president’s office said in a press release Sunday. 

“On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine, the President honored the memory of soldiers who died for the Motherland,” the press release read. 

Zelensky laid flowers at the “Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen Defenders of Ukraine” on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. Soldiers also placed a wreath of flowers at the wall. 

The ceremony was also attended by several others, including Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell as well as representatives of the government and military command. 

The participants honored the memory of the fallen heroes with a minute of silence