There was held a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial to the people of Abkhazia who died in the War of 1992-1993.

President Aslan Bzhania, Speaker of the Parliament Valeriy Kvarchia, Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab, deputies of Parliament, members of the Government, war veterans and relatives of the victims came to honor the memory of the victims.

The operation to liberate the Abkhaz capital, which lasted 11 days, was led by Minister of Defense, Major General Sultan Sosnaliev and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Abkhazia, Major General Sergey Dbar.

On the afternoon of September 27, 1993, the Abkhaz troops, with heavy losses, overcoming enemy resistance, liberated Sukhum. This event marked the actual victory of the Abkhaz army in the war against the Georgian aggressors. Over the next three days, the Abkhaz army advanced to the Ingur River, and on September 30, the flag of the Republic of Abkhazia was erected on the state border with Georgia.