we’ll talk about this with the guest of the studio, the chairman of the republican council of the belarusian society of the association of veterans, ivan gordeychik. ivan arkadievich, i know that work with veterans is carried out not only on the eve of the great victory day, but all year round. today we have about 1,900 labor veterans. today we have such a category as veterans of the great patriotic war, participants in combat operations on the territory of other states, veterans. republic, a lot is being done both for veterans and by veterans, we have our own charter, we live according to the charter, one of our main tasks is to involve as many veterans as possible in public activities, we try in every possible way, first of all through the volunteer movement, to show those people help who today can’t do it on their own, one of the main tasks is... the patriotic education of not only young people, but all of our, let’s say, people, to prevent falsification by those people who today in the west view us as, well, let's talk about potential enemies there, we don't want the historical truth