Today, on the memory day of the soldiers of the 6 Company of the Pskov Division who died heroically in Chechnya, Vladimir Putin visited Pskov. The feat of the paratroopers says that patriotism is no stranger to youth; they proved: Russia can not be defeated, said the Supreme Commander.
The President arrived for a review of personnel in the 104 Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the 76 Guards Airborne Assault Division. First, he laid flowers at the monument to the heroes, then spoke at a gala evening at the regimental club in front of relatives and servicemen. The plans - an informal meeting with the commanders of airborne divisions.
The paratroopers of the 6 Company of the Pskov Division engaged in an unequal battle with the terrorists and heroically died in the Argun gorge of Chechnya in the year 2000. "They will remain forever in stories Russian army and in our hearts, "- said the president.
The guys took the fight when a lot was decided in the fate of the country and its people, Vladimir Putin recalled. International terrorism waged a brutal, criminal war to "dismember Russia, violate its sovereignty and plunge its people into a fraternal bloody war among themselves," said the head of state. But the heroes of the 6 Company didn’t take a step back.
The paratroopers came to the regiment from different parts of the country, and they were hardly specially prepared for the feat. "But they were ready, as befits a soldier, to unconditionally fulfill the order," the president continued. "We were ready for any risk and any danger."
And when the time came, committed the feat. “They fought enemies as fearlessly as their grandfathers in the fight against fascism,” the head of state stressed. “They proved the holy continuity of generations at the cost of their lives.” “Let someone now say that patriotism is alien to our youth,” Vladimir Putin snapped.
“The fighters of the sixth company showed the whole world that it is impossible to win Russia, that at the critical moment its brave sons will stand to death for their Motherland,” said the head of state.
"Eternal glory to the immortal sixth company! Glory to all who died defending Russia!" - concluded the Supreme Commander.
During a visit to the 104 Guards Air Assault Regiment of the 76 Division, the President met with the commanders of the airborne forces. “Marines are always where the hardest thing is. It has always been and it will be this way. Airborne forces are the basis of the Russian rapid reaction forces,” the president said, speaking to the regimental personnel.
Later, at the meeting with the commanders, the head of state repeated the warm words addressed to the "blue berets". “I decided to gather you to talk about the problems of the army in general and on airborne forces in particular,” Vladimir Putin began the conversation. "It was not by chance that I said on the parade ground that our people love paratroopers," he remarked. "This is really true. So it is."
The supreme commander urged the paratroopers to "keep themselves in shape in the broadest sense of the word." One must be ready for any trials and effective work in the conditions of modern warfare, he instructed.
The president offered to talk about all the components of life and service: living conditions, training, weapons. And since the conversation was planned to be frank, the press was asked to retire almost immediately after it began.
In the presence of journalists, the commanders only thanked the head of state for taking care of the army. And one colonel from the special forces demonstrated that he was following the last the news. "The military college said that the issue of providing military personnel with permanent housing will be resolved," he said and asked to continue the construction of official housing.