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Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory

Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
9 May 2020

The tragedy of the Belarusian nation, which bore the titanic burden of losses and destruction of the cruelest war of the 20th century, is incomparable to any hardships of today. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the army parade held on 9 May to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “This holiday is sacred for us. The tragedy of the Belarusian nation, which bore the titanic burden of losses and destruction of the cruelest war of the 20th century, is incomparable to any hardships of today. Even thoughts to betray the traditions that have been glorifying the history of the great deeds of the victors for 75 years already are unthinkable for us.”

The president remarked that the army parade in Minsk this year is the only one held in the post-Soviet space, but it honors all the Soviet warriors, who liberated the world from the Nazi. “Today we honor the deeds of our fathers and forefathers. Their road to victory was awash with tears of mothers, wives, and children, soaked in blood of the comrades that fell in battles and of civilians, scorched by the ashes of the villages burned down by the enemy,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated. “We bow low before the heroic deeds of Russians and Belarusians, Ukrainians and Jews, Tatars and Kazakhs, Tajiks and Uzbeks, Kyrgyz and Turkmen, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Moldavans, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians – all the residents of the Soviet Union, underground resistance fighters of Europe, our allies – the USA, UK, and China. Their courage, bravery, and readiness to die for their country became a terrible weapon of vengeance against the Nazi and their satellites.”

Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
Army parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory
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