Lukashenko: we will preserve our civilisation
Speaking at today’s performance-concert in St. Petersburg dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege, Belarus’ President Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed to the dangerous trends in assessing the Great Patriotic War results, BelTA reports
Speaking before the start of the concert, the President made a small digression from the prepared theses, and – following it – all those present at Gazprom Arena which hosted the event gave a standing ovation to the Belarusian leader’s emotional statement.
Aleksandr Lukashenko said that, while driving up to the concert venue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, they were discussing how the results of the Great Patriotic War are assessed at present. “He voiced a terrible idea of our vile ones, who still cannot calm down. These vile ones are young people who did not witness the war, and who have actually not faced any serious grief. They assert it was not necessary to defend Leningrad, it was necessary to leave it – so that a huge number, more than a million, lives would have been saved. This is a dangerous trend. These bastards are trying to look at the present day from the past,” the Head of State said.
As noted by Aleksandr Lukashenko, according to this logic, if it was not necessary to defend Leningrad, then there was no need to defend Moscow – and indeed it was not necessary to defend the country at all.
"I agree with the President of Russia, who says that we would have lost our civilisation and would not live today if we had not fought for every piece of land. Actually, as I have said, they look at the present day from the past, and the logic is that there is no need to resist and fight. They are sharpening swords on our borders today to come to us. They are coming to us again to make us ‘the best’. Where will we be then? This is the key question that we are trying to answer today. We are already responding, and we will respond further – be sure of that. May the memory of those who passed away inspire us to create for the sake of the future of our peoples, for the sake of peace. We will preserve our civilisation, you can be sure of that," Aleksandr Lukashenko concluded.
