26 young lives

The Supreme Council Chairman Vadim Krasnoselsky, parliamentarian Efimy Koval took part in the commemorative events held today in the suburban village of Parcani. They started at the graves of those killed by the explosion of military engineering battalion.

A terrible tragedy, which killed 26 young people, 22 of which have not yet taken the military oath, took place June 21, 1992 at 23:45. A mortar attack on the national army of the Republic of Moldova will serve as a detonator for an explosion of ammunition stored in the warehouses of the engineering battalion. Fatal Tragedy, death rock cut dozens of young lives short.

Memorial service was served to fallen soldiers. The granite slabs of the memorial, located in the center of the village, laid fresh flowers from the leadership of the legislature, local authorities, representatives of public organizations, to unite the defenders of Pridnestrovie, parents of dead servicemen.

Mourning events continued on the territory of the engineer battalion, directly from the place of the explosion, which also set a memorial plate with the names of all those killed in the performance of military duty, duty Defender of the Motherland children. Here they also began with lithium, which was held by representatives of Tiraspol-Dubossary Diocese and the rally continued. On it were The head of the administration Parcani, deputy Slobodzeya District Council of People's Deputies Petr Nikolaev, the former commander of the engineer battalion PMR Ministry of Defence, Colonel Igor Dudkevich, the first President of PMR, Igor Smirnov the chairman of the consultive assembly of the first Pridnestrovian deputies under the Chairman of the Supreme Council, the Parliament Speaker Vadim Krasnoselsky, parents of fallen soldiers.

The first president of the republic, Igor Smirnov addressed the parents of dead servicemen with words of gratitude.

Reference. The personnel of the engineering battalion, one of the military units of the 14th Army, first came under the jurisdiction of PMR. That time Igor Dudkevich commanded, until 2012 headed the Republican Union of Defenders of Pridnestrovie.