On the day of the 70th anniversary of Victory over
Nazism in Europe, 500 servicemen of the separate military regiment of the
President of Ukraine and the 101st separate guard brigade of the General Staff
of the AFU took the military oath in the presence of the President, veterans
and ATO warriors. The ceremony was held at the square in front of the National
Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
The Head of State congratulated young warriors and
veterans on the Victory Day. "May 9 will always be a red date in the
Ukrainian calendar, just as these red poppies that symbolize the remembrance of
the fallen," the President noted. According to the Head of State, "we
will never celebrate this day under the Russian scenario again, because it
provides for the cold-blooded use of the Victory Day for an apology to the
expansionist policy regarding neighbors aimed at keeping them in the sphere of
one's influence and restoration of empire".
Now, after the Revolution of Dignity and against the
backdrop of Russian aggression, which has finally revealed the true strategy of
our neighbors regarding Ukraine to the majority of Ukrainians, we will
celebrate the Victory Day in our own Ukrainian coordinate system, as stated by
the President.
The Head of State has informed on the initiation of a
new tradition. On May 8, Ukraine celebrated the Day of Remembrance and
Reconciliation with all European countries at the state level for the first
time. "For us not to forget the victims of that dreadful war, which killed
over 50 million people all over the world, almost every fifth of which,
unfortunately, was from Ukraine," the President said.
The President called the solemn session of the
Parliament attended by both Red Army and UIA veterans one of the symbols of our
reconciliation. "Do you know who united them? Their grandsons and
great-grandsons - Ukrainian warriors that secure our state and defend it from
Russian aggression. Just as their grandparents and great-grandparents defended
their Homeland in World War II," Petro Poroshenko emphasized.
The President has underlined the contribution of the
UIA to the Victory. "Under thes apparent central role of the Red Army,
Ukrainian fronts and Soviet partisan associations, the second front against
fascist invaders was opened by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The UIA have
considered Ukraine as an independent state already then," Petro Poroshenko
noted.
The President noted that at least six million
Ukrainians who fought in the Red Army "before God and history are the main
witnesses of blatant injustice of Moscow propagandistic myth that Russia would
have allegedly won the war without Ukraine". "Even greater cynicism
is to create the image of fascist state for our country. Clearly, this is done
with only one goal - to substantiate and justify one's crime in the eyes of
one's own people - namely Russian aggression against Ukraine," he said.
"We will always honor the feat of arms of our
grandfathers and great-grandfathers. We bow to all veterans - those present
here, in this holy place, those who celebrate in other streets and squares of
Ukraine.
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