Lukashenko: Newly-minted Nazis want to obscure our victory, but we should not let them

The Great Patriotic War sealed the fraternal ties of THE large multinational country with blood, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke at a ceremony to mark Independence Day at the Mound of Glory memorial complex on 3 July, BelTA has learned.

"Today our country celebrates the main state holiday - Independence Day. We celebrate it at the foot of the majestic monument. The monument that was erected in honor of the heroes who liberated Belarus from the Nazi invaders," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.


The president stressed that the Mound of Glory is a holy place. It was the place of fierce battles. Thousands of soldiers and officers gave their lives for the sake of future generations. "Here, the fraternal ties of the large multinational country were sealed with blood. The fighters did not divide themselves into Belarusians and Russians, Ukrainians and Kazakhs, Armenians and Georgians, Tajiks and Kyrgyz, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks and others. They did not divide the land into their own and someone else's. They fought for our Fatherland," the head of state said.

"We are standing at the place where the Minsk cauldron was closed. The offensive operation Bagration is rightly called the triumph of the Soviet military art. This battle went down in history as the largest defeat of the fascist troops in World War II. About 400,000 soldiers, officers, generals of the Wehrmacht and the SS were killed and captured. They were shown to the whole world. They were taken to Moscow for a march of shame, the traces of which were washed away by watering machines that followed. The newly-minted Nazis would better review that footage. They want to forget, but you and I should not let them. No one should forget this. We must not forget so that it does not happen again," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.


"Belarus honors and remembers the feat of the Soviet people. Today, all our memorials are showered with flowers. In every corner of Belarus. The smallest monument, a grave of Soviet soldiers is showered with flowers. We bow our heads to our compatriots. We thank the soldiers of the fraternal republics. Thousands have found their last refuge in our land. The streets of our cities bear the names of many of them. They will live in the hearts of the Belarusian people forever. A low bow and eternal memory to the winners!" the president said.

During the ceremony, a minute of silence was observed in tribute to the memory of the fallen heroes and brutally murdered civilians.