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Ukraine celebrated its independence from the USSR in 1991 on August 24. The whole country as well as the entire international community proudly displayed the blue and yellow colors of the national flag.
Today is independence day of #ukraine.
It is the Main National Holiday of A Country that has surprised the world with its fortitude and herism.
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- Nexta (@nexta_tv) August 24, 2022
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The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson congratulated the Ukrainian people on the occasion of the feast of independence: "To the Ukrainian people, on this day of their independence, I want you to know this: as long as he It will be, the United Kingdom will be by your side.
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To the people of ukraine on your independence day, i want you to know this: for Howver Long It Takes, The United Kingdom Will Stand with you.
У день незалежності україни я хочу, щоб її народ знав:
Велика британіiews Стоятиме Поряд з Вами стільки, скіки знад
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- Boris Johnson (@Borisjohnson) August 24, 2022
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President Belarusian Alexandre Loukachenko, the main ally of Russia who has been carrying out an offensive in Ukraine for six months, sent a message of congratulations to the Ukrainian people on Wednesday on the occasion of independence, announced their press service.
"I am convinced that the current differences will not be able to destroy the multisecular base of sincere relationships of good neighborhood between the peoples of the two countries," said Loukachenko in this message.
The sentence of the day
"Six months to the day after the start of the war, of this Russian aggression against Ukraine, you can on this 31st anniversary of your independence be proud of these 31 years of contemporary life in your country in its borders, and its exceptional resistance ”.
A quote signed Emmanuel Macron, who denounces again "the fatal choice" made by Russia to launch the country's invasion on February 24.
The number of the day
6.
This Wednesday, it has been just six months, that the war between Russia and Ukraine began.
If it is difficult to predict what will be the consequences of the conflict, several hypotheses can be considered.
Update with our journalist Cécile de Sèze.
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Ukraine will fight "until the end" without "no concession or compromise" with Russia, launched President Volodymyr Zelensky in his address to the day of independence of his country, which also marks on Wednesday six months of Russian invasion.
"We are going to fight for [our army] to the end," he said.
“We have been holding on for six months.
It's hard but we cleared our fists and we fight for our destiny ”.
“For us Ukraine is Ukraine as a whole.
Every 25 regions, without any concession or compromise, "he continued.
"What's the end of the war for us?"
Before we said "peace".
Now we say "victory".
We are not going to try to hear ourselves with the Russian terrorists, he insisted.
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