A valiant nation celebrates its "rebirth" and freedom from Russian tyranny:
Ukraine was “reborn” when Russia invaded six months ago, President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as his country observed an independence day marked by fears that Moscow may step up its attacks.
The festivities were subdued, with mass gatherings canceled and Ukrainians across the country told to be vigilant in case Russia used the occasion to unleash fresh strikes. But the symbolism of the nation celebrating its identity six months after Russian tanks rolled across the border in an effort to erase it was evident in Zelenskyy’s address to his compatriots.
“On Feb. 24, we were told: you have no chance. On Aug. 24, we say: Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!” Zelenskyy said in a pre-recorded video, which aired early on the day that marks 31 years of Ukraine’s independence from Kremlin-dominated Soviet rule. [snip]
“We finally became truly one,” he said. “A new nation that emerged on Feb. 24 at 4 am. Not born, but reborn.”
You will not only prevail, you will prosper. And you will long outlive war criminal Putin and his fellow thugs.
Slava Ukraini!
