More than 700 recruits of the 103rd Vitebsk Separate Guards Airborne Brigade took an oath of allegiance to the Motherland

Over 700 recruits of the 103rd Vitebsk Separate Guards Airborne Brigade have taken the oath of allegiance to the Motherland.

The solemn ceremony took place on Victory Square with the participation of relatives and friends of the young paratroopers.

Colonel Alexey Yelfimov, Deputy Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces, congratulated the recruits on taking the oath. He wished the young men to continue the traditions of the unit, and the parents patience – their sons will soon return home.

Olga Ivanova, Chairperson of the Vitebsk City Council of Deputies, reminded that military service is not only a serious test of maturity but also an invaluable life experience.

Colonel Sergey Kunakhovets, Military Commissar of the Vitebsk Region, assured that the guys would gain true friends, because military friendship is forever and the strongest.

Veteran of the unit, Commander of the 103rd Airborne Division, Major General Alexander Skachkov, wished the young recruits to preserve traditions and cherish history.

Olga Dobraya, mother of a serviceman taking the oath, thanked the brigade officers who helped her son quickly adapt to the difficult army service and learn the basics, and noted that he had visibly matured in a month.

An unexpected moment of the celebration was Guards Private Gleb Morozov proposing to his girlfriend Anastasia. In a short period, he plans to switch to contract service, and then the young couple will get married. The soldier's parents, Mikhail and Natalia Morozov, stood nearby, feeling anxious and proud of their son. By the way, Gleb's father is a serviceman of the brigade.

More than three thousand relatives and friends of the recruits came to the oath ceremony, and they were granted their first daytime leave.

"Vitebskiye vesti"