Photos of 53 the Ossetian guys who died during the Russian special operation to defend Donbass will be carried in the "Immortal Regiment" in Tskhinval, Zhanna Zasseeva, Minister of Culture of South Ossetia, told the “Res” news agency.
This year, about 10,000 people will take part in the procession of the Immortal Regiment.
Refugees from the Donetsk People's Republic 11 out of 42 people who arrived in South Ossetia on February 26 are returning home on Friday.
"Accompanied by the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they left the Republic," the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
Refugees from Donbass were accommodated in comfortable rooms of the Victoria Hotel in Tskhinval. In an interview with journalists, they said that they were forced to leave the DPR, largely because of the children.
A batch of humanitarian aid sent by South Ossetia to residents of the DPR, LPR and servicemen participating in the special military operation was received by residents of Mariupol. The Tskhinval secondary school No. 2 took an active part in the collection.
Humanitarian aid was sent from the Republic at the end of March. Food and other necessary items were distributed in different directions.
Residents of the village of Tsinagar, the leadership of South Ossetia and members of the public gathered on Thursday for a memorial meeting dedicated to the 31st anniversary of the Tsinagar tragedy.
Victory Day in South Ossetia will be celebrated with a military parade, the march of the Immortal Regiment column, actions, festive concerts and victorious fireworks. Minister of Culture of the Republic, Zhanna Zasseeva, in a commentary to the Res news agency, said that the festive events had already begun and would continue until the end of May.
The delegation of South Ossetia headed by Ambassador to Russia Znaur Gassiev, on the invitation of the Moscow government, took part in the round table "Interaction with compatriots abroad at the level of regions of the Russian Federation."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks committed on the eve of a number of state facilities of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, which caused destruction.
The State Security Committee of South Ossetia notes the aggravation of the situation in the Pridnestrovian direction, as well as the intensification of terrorist activities by the security forces of Ukraine.
On Tuesday, a telephone conversation took place between Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Transnistria Vitaly Ignatiev in connection with terrorist attacks against state institutions and important telecommunications facilities in Tiraspol, according to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.
During the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Abkhazia and South Ossetia delivered humanitarian aid to the DPR and LPR and hosted refugees, Denis Gonchar, director of the fourth department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, the authorities of both republics, all social and political forces expressed their unconditional approval of the special operation.
