Today, January 22, Ukraine celebrates Unity Day. The holiday was officially established in 1999, due to the great political and historical significance of the unification of the UPR and WUNR.
President Vladimir Zelensky spoke to Ukrainians on the occasion of the Unity Day of Ukraine at Sophia Square in Kyiv.
“Millions of us are together and together we survived, keep Ukraine together, repel the invader, together this great invasion. In this word – “together” – is the hidden strength of Ukrainians. about what what we can, when we choose not some of our own ambitions, but choose his interests When we choose not a battle, but a sword. Protect all our strength!” said Zelensky.
The President emphasized that February 24 has become a test for Ukrainian unity.
“Every year on this day (Conciliarity – ed.) we always remember these lessons of reconciliation, we made the human chains, we said how important it is to maintain unity and side by side But the day came, and it fell to us to prove it on February 24 The day became a decisive moment. on paper, not by some order, but by a call from within,” Zelensky said.
He assured that the Ukrainian state would stand up, and people would go to Sophia Square.
“And on Independence Day, and on all other holidays under the blue and yellow flag that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past And Ukraine is united,” the president emphasized.
Unity Day of Ukraine is celebrated annually on the day of the proclamation in 1919 of the Act of Union of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic. The holiday was officially established in 1999, given great political and historical significance by the unification of the UPR and WUNR for the creation of a single (conciliar) Ukrainian state.
Let’s recall that Zelensky said that Ukraine will never legally recognize the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation as Russian, even though all its allies are advocating for it.
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Source: korrespondent
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