A ceremony to lay flowers and wreaths at the Victory Monument in Minsk marked Fatherland Defenders' Day in Belarus on 23 February.
The monument to Soviet soldiers, partisans and members of underground resistance groups in Pobedy (Victory) Square in Vitebsk hosted a ceremony to celebrate the Day of Fatherland Defenders and the Armed Forces of Belarus on 23 February.
A solemn flower laying ceremony was held at the monument commemorating the liberation of Brest from the Nazi invaders in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Brest to mark the Day of Fatherland Defenders and the Armed Forces of Belarus.