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9 May 2017

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

MINSK, 9 May (BelTA) - The Belarusian people will always admire the courage of their countrymen who went through the hellfire of war, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during a ceremony to lay flowers at the Victory Monument to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War, BelTA has learned.

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

“We will never stop admiring the courage of our countrymen who went through the hellfire of war. They did not kneel before the invaders. Both the old and the young rose up against the enemy. Hundreds of thousands of partisans and underground fighters killed the enemy in every part of the Belarusian land. Such a powerful resistance became a real contribution to the defeat of the fascism and the liberation of Belarus,” the Belarusian leader said.

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

From the first days of the war, the sons and daughters of Belarus heroically fought at the war fronts. The glorious pages in the war chronicle were made by the soldiers of the border outposts, the immortal garrison of the Brest fortress, Mogilev defenders, the underground fighters of Minsk, Orsha, other cities, participants of the legendary Bagration operation and other major battles of the Great Patriotic War.

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

“Here, in the heart of the Minsk hero city, on the Victory Square, lay the capsules with the soil from the hero cities: Moscow, Leningrad, Smolensk, Tula, Stalingrad, Kiev, Sevastopol, Kerch, Odessa, Murmansk, and Novorossiysk. Our countrymen took part in the battles for each of them. They showed bravery and courage in fierce battles for the liberation of Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Bucharest, Vienna and Berlin. The motherland highly appreciated the contributions of the Belarusians to the common victory. The highest award - the title of hero of the Soviet Union – was awarded to more than 440 of our countrymen, and orders and medals to more than 300,000. Many received their awards posthumously, unfortunately. Eternal glory to the heroes!”

Lukashenko: We will always admire the courage of our compatriots

Alexander Lukashenko called to observe a minute of silence in memory of those who gave their lives for the freedom of the fatherland.

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