President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday greeted “the free people” of Ukraine on Ukraine’s Independence Day, as the country enters its 19th month of war. “The great people of great Ukraine, celebrating a great day today: Independence Day! The feast of a free people. The party of strong people. The party of worthy people. The party of equal people,” he said in a statement.
The Ukrainian president in turn thanked the soldiers, their families, the teaching staff, the doctors, the nurses and all those who help in “the defense of Ukraine” in the face of Russian aggression. “All those who survived the occupation are important,” he pointed out, while about 20% of Ukrainian territory is still under Moscow’s control, despite Kiev’s desire to drive the Russians out of these areas. eastern and southern regions.
Independence “has become not only the personification of our right to life and liberty, but also a symbol of heroism and bravery”, he insisted on Telegram. Ukraine’s Independence Day comes this year as kyiv has been waging an arduous counter-offensive since June in an attempt to liberate Russian-occupied territories.
