On Thursday, July 28, Ukraine for the first time celebrates Statehood Day, which was established last year.. The corresponding decree was signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky during the solemn meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, timed to coincide with the Independence Day of Ukraine.

The Day of Ukrainian Statehood is celebrated on the same day as the Day of the Baptism of Kievan Rus - Ukraine. Zelensky suggested that the starting point of Ukrainian statehood be the year of foundation of Kyiv - the capital of Kievan Rus - Ukraine, which "

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“Here Orthodoxy began, here the Old Slavonic language originated, the successor of which became the modern Ukrainian language.. This is where our statehood began,” the President said..

On the eve of the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, Zelensky recorded a video message in which he noted that this year the holiday is celebrated in the context of a full-scale Russian invasion. But it is celebrated in spite of everything, because Ukraine cannot be broken.

“The Day of Ukrainian Statehood will affirm the connection of Ukrainians who live now with many generations of our people. More than a thousand years of experience of Ukrainians in creating a state, our culture, our identity, Ukrainian character.

Now in many exploits of our soldiers, in the wisdom of our people in battles, even just in the conversations of ordinary Ukrainians about what is happening, we can see, we can hear and understand examples of the same characters, but hundreds of years ago.

We can see examples of the same courage, the same attitude to life, and, most importantly, the attitude towards Ukraine and the enemy.

Only those who do not know the truth of history at all and do not feel its meaning at all could decide to attack us.. After all that our people have gone through, after all that we have learned in a century. Ukrainians will never give up their independence. And they will not break from the inside, as it happened more than once. Not this time! "