15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. Andrzej Duda: Nothing will repair the loss. Donald Tusk with an appeal

President Andrzej Duda on the 15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster said that nothing would repair the loss, neither the loved ones or the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth. He estimated that it was a pain that “does not pass”. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, however, emphasized that the memory of the disaster and her victims “should no longer divide us”.

On Thursday, 15 years have passed since the disaster near Smolensk, in which 96 people were killed. Anniversary celebrations They started from the morning.

Prime minister Donald Tusk He wrote on the website X that “the memory of the Smolensk disaster and its victims should no longer divide us.” “Rebuilding a community and mutual respect is possible and necessary, even if they are still very difficult. Let's try. They are waiting for such a tribute to memory. Let them rest in peace” – we read in the entry.

President: Nothing will fix the loss

President Andrzej Duda, who took part in the mass on Thursday morning and laid a wreath before the sarcophagus of the presidential couple Maria and Lech Kaczyński In the crypt in Wawel in Krakow, he thanked everyone who remembers the disaster and want to pay tribute to people who died in it.

As he emphasized after leaving the Wawel Cathedral, the delegation and the then president on board flew to Katyn, among others, to once again “lie to lie in Soviet propaganda, which for years implemented the so -called Katyn lie.”

“It was an extremely important and extremely historically important mission,” he said.

– They knew about it and that's why they flew there, that's why they suffered the effort of this trip. Unfortunately, they died, they never came back. Also, nothing will repair them to their loved ones or the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth. And this is a pain that – I think, for many, especially my loved ones – does not pass, despite the fact that 15 years have passed – said the president. According to Duda, what Lech Kaczyński conveyed to his colleagues is continued.

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– Poland has changed this last 15 years and our reality has changed. Today, Poland is an increasingly wealthier state and I can safely say, also increasingly stronger – said the president, pointing out that “the great work of the victims of the Smolensk disaster is the foundation for building a strong Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth” and – he expressed hope – will provide Polish and its citizens in the future.

– And for this we are those who gave their lives in the service of the Commonwealth, extremely grateful. And for this eternal glory and memory – ended Duda.

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Disaster near Smolensk

On April 10, 2010, 96 people were killed in the Tu-154M plane crash near Smolensk, including President Lech Kaczyński with his wife, the highest commanders of the Polish Army and the last President of the Republic of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski. The Polish delegation was heading at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.