On May 8, 2019, on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, as well as the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in the World War II, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland and Iceland held a flower-laying ceremony at the Cross of the Heroes in Hietaniemi Cemetery.
During the ceremony Chargé d’Affaires of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland I.Kvas and Defence attaché Colonel O.Chapovskyi recalled about the role and the contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition over Nazism and honored the memory of all fighters against Nazi regime.
Representatives of the Ukrainian Association in Finland and Finnish friends also came to pay tribute to the victims of the World War II.
Eternal memory to the victims of the World War II ... Eternal glory to the Heroes!
1939-1945. We honor. We prevail.