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The ceremony took place amid heavy rain and hail. pravda.com.ua

Medvedev, Yanukovych lay wreaths at Eternal Flame, Holodomor Memorial

May 17, 2010 at 16:18 | Interfax-Ukraine

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia, Viktor Yanukovych and Dmitry Medvedev, have laid wreaths before the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kyiv Park of Glory. The ceremony took place amid heavy rain and hail.

Then, from the Eternal Flame, the presidents went on to the Memorial to the Holodomor Victims, where they also laid wreaths and lit oil lamps to commemorate the victims of Ukraine's famine of 1930's.

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