– It was a mission of national and historical importance. They knew it, they were taking the problem of this expedition. Unfortunately, they never returned," said president Andrzej Duda about the victims of the Smolensk disaster. The president stressed that "nothing will always repair this loss." “To those who gave their lives in the service of Poland eternal glory and memory,” said Duda during the celebrations in Krakow.
Andrzej Duda paid tribute to the victims of the Smolensk disaster in Kraków.
– They flew to lie with their own presence to russian propaganda, which over the years implemented the alleged Katyn lie. It was a mission of national and historical importance. They knew it, that's why they were going there and taking the problem of this expedition. Unfortunately, they never came back," said the president.
– Nothing will always repair their closest and the Republic of Poland's loss," Duda stressed. – It's pain.which does not pass, even though it has been 15 years," he added.
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Early in the social media entry, the president wrote that the memory of disaster victims is simply a "great commitment for all of us, a commitment to hard work for Poland".
‘Every day. We owe it to all those wonderful people we've lost April 10, 2010. In those days as Poles we showed that in hard times we can be a wonderful community“We can be united and solidarity”, he added.
15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. The president will give a message
President Andrzej Duda traditionally took part in the Holy Mass in Krakow, then laid a wreath before the sarcophagus late Maria and Lech Kaczyński In a crypt on Wawel. The president was accompanied by the daughter of the late presidential couple Marta Kaczyńska.
Then in Warsaw, he will lay wreaths, among others, at the graves of the last president of Poland in the exile of late Ryszard Kaczorowski, at the plaque in front of the monument of the Smolenska Disaster Victims and at the graves of the victims of the catastrophe.
SEE: 15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster. A series of celebrations in Poland
Following the 15th anniversary of the Smolensk disaster on Thursday at 8 p.m., the message is planned President Andrzej Duda.
Tomorrow, 15 years after the plane crash, the Polish delegation headed by the President's Couple Lech and Maria Kaczyński flew to Katyń to celebrate the memory of murdered Poles on the 70th anniversary of the Katyn crime. The Tu–154M peculiar aircraft crashed on April 10, 2010 by... pic.twitter.com/JteMX2ghzC
— President's Office (@presidentpl) April 9, 2025
plane crash Tu-154M close Smolensk
10 April 2010 in the plane crash Tu-154M close Smolensk 96 people died, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, the highest commander of the Polish Army and the last president of the Republic of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski.
Polish delegation headed for the celebrations 70th Anniversary of the Katyn Crime.
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