Вітаємо всіх українців із Днем Незалежності України!
Dear Ukrainians! Dear friends, colleagues, partners!
Today, Ukraine celebrates Independence Day, a day that in our time has acquired a special, deep and long-suffering meaning. Independence for us is no longer just a date on the calendar and not just a historical Act proclaimed on August 24, 1991. Independence is our daily choice. Our struggle. Our responsibility. Our freedom, for which Ukraine pays an extremely high price. Russia wanted to deprive us of our state, the right to our own future, our language, culture, history and the very name Ukrainian. But the opposite happened. Ukraine has become stronger in its awareness. Ukrainians have become even more united in the main thing: we are, we were and we will be. On our land. In our independent state.
Today, our Independence has the face of a Ukrainian warrior who holds the defense. A rescuer who goes where others are forced to flee. A medic who returns life. A volunteer who helps the front. A scientist who works for the technological capability of the state. A teacher who teaches children during the war. An energy engineer who restores light after the strikes. Every Ukrainian family who continues to live, work, raise children and make plans in Ukraine.
Independence today is millions of Ukrainians who say with their actions every day: Ukraine does not give up. Ukraine fights. Ukraine will win.
We bow our heads to the memory of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine. To all who died defending our right to be a free European nation. Their sacrifice will forever remain a part of the history of our state and our national memory.
We express our boundless gratitude to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all the Security and Defense Forces, to each and every one who stands between Ukraine and the enemy today. It is thanks to you that the blue-yellow flag flies over our cities. Thanks to you, Ukraine is celebrating another Independence Day — free, unconquered, and invincible. We have a lot of work ahead of us. We must not only defeat and restore what was destroyed. We must build a strong, technological, safe, environmentally responsible European Ukraine — a state worthy of the courage of those who defend it today.
We believe in Ukraine not because our path is easy.
We believe in Ukraine because we know the strength of Ukrainians.
They tried to divide us — we became more united.
They tried to intimidate us — we became bolder.
They tried to deprive us of the future — we are fighting for it even harder.
And that is why today our words are simple and firm:
Ukraine was.
Ukraine is.
Ukraine will be.
Free. Independent. European. Strong.
On behalf of the U-Tera Public Organization, we sincerely congratulate all Ukrainians on the Independence Day of Ukraine! We wish our defenders strength and a return home with Victory. To Ukrainian families — endurance, unity and peace. To our state — to stand, win, recover and become even stronger.
Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to its Defenders!
Glory to the Ukrainian people!
Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!
Co-chairs of the Public Organization "U-Tera"
Vasyl Trysnyuk
Konstyan Trotsenko