On Sunday, July 3, Ukraine celebrates the Day of the Naval Forces, as well as the Day of Marine and River Fleet Workers. The memorial date is celebrated every first Sunday of July..

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For the first time, the Day of the Naval Forces of Ukraine was celebrated in Sevastopol on August 1, 1997. Then, on the former ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR, which became part of the Ukrainian Navy, Ukrainian flags were solemnly raised.

The Day of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established at the request of the Military Council of the Naval Forces, in honor of the first large-scale exercises of the Ukrainian military fleet "

Later, according to the decree of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko of March 24, 2006, Navy Day began to be celebrated annually on the last Sunday of July. But in 2015 they returned to the celebration on the first Sunday of July..

Now Ukraine is living in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of Russia.

The Navy, along with other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, play an important role in protecting the territory of our country from invaders.. So, recently they managed to push the Russian fleet 100 kilometers from the Ukrainian coast.

On June 30, as a result of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the occupying troops left Zmeiny Island, which they occupied in the first days of a full-scale invasion. And in April, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet cruiser Moskva, which participated in the capture of the island, with Neptune missiles..