Russia will tirelessly defend its interests and will work together to build a prosperous and peaceful future for Russia.
In a press statement on the eve of the anniversary of its victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy on Monday (May 8) said: “Russia will always remember this great Victory and the immortal deeds of our fathers and grandfathers,”
The Russian envoy said there are many heroic achievements in the history of our country, but the defeat of fascism that took 27 million lives of Soviet people sacrificed on the altar of the Victory stands out.
He said it was the Soviet Union that made a decisive contribution to the victory over Nazism by destroying three quarters of Germany’s military potential, to the power of which many European countries had surrendered in a matter of weeks.
“Hitler and his henchmen thought they could subdue Russia as well. They failed,” Alexander Mantytskiy said.
On the 9th of May, he said they honor the war veterans and home front workers who are getting fewer with every passing year.
“Their feat saved the Motherland for the generations and preserved the very opportunity to live. On this sacred day, we bow our heads and pay tribute to those who did not return from the war, to their heroism that ensured peaceful skies above our heads.”
“It is our common duty to prevent the resurgence of Nazism, which brought so much suffering to people in different countries, to preserve and tell posterity the truth about the war years, to spread common spiritual values and traditions of fraternal friendship,” said the Russian Ambassador.
He said: “The lessons of the past war, caused by the ideology of confrontation and extremism, are still valid, as such threats are looming large in the present times. They are just transforming, changing their appearance.”
