Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the servicemen and veterans of the Special Operations Forces on their professional holiday, which is celebrated on February 27.
“You have repeatedly proved in practice that you are ready to act as efficiently as possible in any conditions, competently solve the most difficult tasks, and always honorably fulfill your military duty to protect your native country and our citizens, to ensure the national interests of Russia,” Putin said during the congratulations.
The Russian leader noted that the heroic traditions of special forces were laid down in the centuries-old history of the Russian army. They were tempered during the Great Patriotic War and continued in Afghanistan, in many hot spots, in the course of the liquidation of terrorist gangs in the North Caucasus and Syria, the president noted.
“I want to thank the command, the personnel of the Special Operations Forces, the veterans of the units for their loyalty to the oath, for their impeccable service – in the name of the people of Russia and our great Motherland. Special gratitude to those who these days are heroically fulfilling their military duty in the course of a special operation to provide assistance to the people’s republics of Donbass,” Putin concluded.