Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated all Russians on May 9, Victory Day.
"Dear citizens of Russia, dear veterans, comrade soldiers and sailors, sergeants and petty officers, midshipmen and warrant officers, comrade officers, generals and admirals! I congratulate you on the Great Victory Day!" , he said from the rostrum on Red Square before the beginning of the Victory Parade.
The head of state noted that the defense of the homeland, when its fate was decided, will always be sacred. "With such feelings of genuine patriotism the militiamen of Minin and Pozharsky rose for the Fatherland, went into attack on the Borodino field, fought the enemy near Moscow and Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk, Stalingrad and Kursk, Sevastopol and Kharkov," he reminded.
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Photo: official website of the President of the Russian Federation
Based on materials from TASS