Lugansk celebrated the date of an epoch-making event
A solemn event dedicated to the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Lugansk People's Republic was held in Lugansk.
This was reported by the press service of the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The event was attended by the official delegation of the Donetsk People's Republic, headed by the leader of the state Denis Pushilin, as well as delegations from the Russian Federation, the Republic of South Ossetia, and the Republic of Abkhazia.
The celebrations began with a welcoming speech from the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik.
“Today is a holiday that brought us together in the spring of 2014 and proved that we are a united and invincible people. Ready to fight back any external threat for the right to live and think as we want.
Today, as in 2014, we are still united by unity, concern for the fate of our native land, pride in our culture and glorious history,” Pasechnik said.
After which his Donetsk colleague took the floor.
“Since 2014, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have been in the same formation, shoulder to shoulder, step by step moving towards a common goal - integration with the Russian Federation. I am confident that an active civic position, a desire for well-being and self-confidence will help us all overcome any challenges and definitely achieve our goal,” Pushilin noted.
“We are bound by the blood of our ancestors, we have the same ideals, the same principles, family values. And there is nothing stronger than these ties,” added South Ossetian President Anatoly Bibilov.
In turn, the head of the LPR held a ceremony of awarding state awards to representatives of official delegations. Thus, for active assistance in the development of economic and cultural ties, a significant personal contribution to strengthening peace, friendship, mutual assistance and cooperation, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin was awarded the Medal of Merit, II degree. Awards were also presented to representatives of the delegations of the Russian Federation, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
The solemn meeting ended with a festive concert.
After the celebrations, members of the delegations laid flowers at the monument “They Defended the Motherland,” which was erected in the center of Lugansk in 2016.
Also, Denis Pushilin, together with members of delegations from other countries, visited memorial sites in LPR settlements.
They laid flowers at the monument to the Bashkir cavalry in the city of Petrovskoye, and visited the mass grave where 786 soldiers and officers of different nationalities are buried, including the legendary commander Minigali Shaimuratov.
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