On the occasion of the Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine, veterans of Afghanistan honored their brothers who died in battle at the Memorial Complex of the Fallen Soldiers in Afghanistan and the Wall of Memory of Afghan Warriors Who Perished in Eastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine celebrates the Day of Defenders and the Defender.

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Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine is celebrated on October 14, starting in 2014. But the holiday received this name only on July 14, 2021, when it was renamed from the " Now about 57,000 women serve and work in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including about 900 in command positions..

On Thursday, on the occasion of the holiday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the government to pay the defenders of Ukraine almost 1.5 billion hryvnias of debt for payments of cash security and other financial assistance.

Meanwhile, in the center of Kiev, hundreds of citizens gathered for a march on the Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine. The procession started from the University named after. Taras Shevchenko and headed towards Khreshchatyk, to Maidan Nezalezhnosti.