Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Viktor Haranin congratulated the veterans of the vehicle soldiers on their professional holidays - the Day of the Driver and Road Workers: "Drivers and road workers covered themselves in unfading glory during the Great Patriotic War. Their heroic efforts solved the support and supply problems of the soldiers on the front line and in the rear. Mainly thanks to their dedicated work, success was achieved in all major operations and battles. Many brave pages in the history of the armed forces were written by combat drivers and road workers in the years after the war, including when fulfilling international duty and eliminating accidents.
At the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl. In modern conditions, the role of driver soldiers has increased in solving the problems of ensuring high mobility of military formations and units and timely supply of soldiers with material means. The current generation of military drivers and road workers successfully master new and modern models of military equipment and constantly improve their professional skills. Evidence of this is the high results they showed during operational and combat training activities, as well as assistance to agricultural enterprises in the annual harvest." The full text of the blessings is here.