President Victor Yushchenko took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Simferopol.
Other participants of the ceremony were Secretary of National Security and Defense Council, Raisa Bohatyryova, Autonomous Republic of Crimea Parliament Speaker Anatoly Hrytsenko, Crimean Crimean Council of Ministers Chairman Viktor Plakyda, Representative of the President in Crimea Leonid Zhunko, Minister for Education and Science Ivan Vakarchuk, Minister for Culture Vasyl Vovkun, Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevych, Minister for Family Yuriy Pavlenko, Minister for Environment Protection Georgiy Filipchuk, Minister for Emergencies
