On the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, staff and students of VSMU, led by Dmitry Kuzhel, Vice-Rector of Ideological and Educational Work, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to soldiers-liberators on Victory Square in Vitebsk.

During the event, participants observed a minute of silence to remember the Soviet soldiers, partisans, and underground fighters from the Vitebsk region who sacrificed their lives for their homeland.