President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on the occasion of State Flag Day. Ceremonial events were held near the "Motherland Monument" in Kyiv, UNN reports.
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During these ceremonial days, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the restoration of Ukraine’s independence, numerous guests are present in Kyiv. I want to thank you all. But today, at this ceremony, there is another important guest present. It is a witness to the events of 35 years ago. Yes, it is that very same Flag of Independence that was brought into the Verkhovna Rada on August 24, 1991
The head of state recalled that 70 years of Soviet rule failed to destroy the national identity and national symbols of Ukrainians. And even Russian aggression in 2014 and 2022 failed to do so.
the Kremlin seeks to ensure that an independent Ukraine does not exist. But Putin and his regime will lose because they do not understand the Ukraine we are fighting for. For us, Ukraine without independence is not life. Our national flag—our blue-and-yellow source of strength and spirit—is always with us. In all the most important moments of life. In difficult and joyful times, in moments of happiness and pain, in battles at the front, in captivity, under temporary occupation, and when Ukraine reclaims what is hers, when our people in liberated cities and villages meet their soldiers—with words of gratitude, eyes full of tears of happiness, and this very flag. It is with us in all the moments of Ukraine’s victories. May the greatest of them be the victory of peace on our land
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