Every year on February 16 in Ukraine celebrates the day of unity. The holiday was established by Decree of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. The main goal of the holiday was to show the unity of Ukrainians against the backdrop of a military threat.

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The history of the day of unity.

In the winter of 2022, the Russian Federation began to pull up troops and equipment to the border with Ukraine. World media warned that full -scale aggression may begin soon. One of the possible dates was called February 16.

In response to this, Vladimir Zelensky called on Ukrainians not to panic and called the day of a possible invasion of the day of the unity of Ukraine.

" This is not the first time. But our state today is strong, more than ever... We are told that on February 16 will become the day of the attack. We will make it day of unity.

The corresponding decree has already been signed. On this day we hang out national flags, put on blue-yellow ribbons and show our world our unity, ”he said in his appeal.

In 2022, patriotic actions in different cities were organized by the Day of Unity of Ukraine. So, in Kyiv, the 200-meter flag of our country was deployed at the NSC Olympic.. The giant flag of Ukraine was also deployed in Severodonetsk.

Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in a few days - February 24, 2022.