In the Ternopol Sergey Nadal was handed a cash prize and gratitude to the participants of the Afghan war
13 February the mayor Sergey Nadal handed out awards and cash prizes to the participants of the Afghan war on the occasion of the 28 anniversary of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The head of Ternopil noted that in the session the audience were the real elite of the Ukrainian nation, its honor. After the hell of this war has been more than 1700 inhabitants of the territory of the region, 48 young people never came home, 2 were missing, 46 were disabled. ««Not for Ukraine, but for her executioner had to shed the blood kind, not the black», — wrote Taras Shevchenko on those Ukrainians who were forced to fight on the side of the Imperial Moscow. These words are quite true in respect of Afghan soldiers - said Sergey Nadal. - However, shedding his blood for the Imperial other people's interests, you were Ukrainians, received important professional and life experience has hardened his character, emerged as people with an active civil position”. The mayor also noted that the Afghans were one of the first came to the Maidan, took an active part in violent confrontations with law enforcement Yanukovych. The Afghans were the elite, ‘special forces” of self-Defense of the Maidan. And when the Russian invaders took the Ukrainian Crimean land, the Afghans did not wait for mobilization, and voluntarily went to the military offices, was recorded in the volunteer battalions. And the price of sacrifice and heroism managed to stop the Russian offensive in the Donbas. “We thank you faithful soldiers, heroes defenders for everything You have done for the country”, he added. This was reported in the Ternopil city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
