On August 29, our country celebrates the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine who died in the struggle for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The date of the memorable date was not chosen by chance, it is connected with the Ilovaiskaya tragedy of 2014.

Then, after large-scale battles near Ilovaisk, the soldiers of the ATO were surrounded. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian-controlled groups will organize a humanitarian corridor for them.

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But the militants and the Russian military fired on the corridor along which the defenders of Ukraine came out. According to official figures, 366 soldiers were killed near Ilovaisk, 429 were injured..

The commemoration has taken on a special meaning this year as it takes place amid a full-scale Russian invasion.. She, no longer hiding, declared war on our country, calling it a "

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that nine thousand defenders of Ukraine had already died in the war unleashed by the Russian Federation.