On 22 February in his speech at the official reception held in the Kremlin to mark the Defender of the Fatherland holiday, the President expressed his gratitude to current servicemen and Armed Forces veterans on Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Events
Marking Defender of the Fatherland Day, President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden near the Kremlin Wall