August 24 – Ukrainian Independence Day
In 1991, Ukraine declared its independence.
Since 2014, and even more so since February 24, 2022, Russia has been trying to wrest it from it.
But in the face of tanks, missiles, deportations, and crimes, a people has risen up.
In 1991, Ukraine declared its independence.
Since 2014, and even more so since February 24, 2022, Russia has been trying to wrest it from it.
But in the face of tanks, missiles, deportations, and crimes, a people has risen up.
The Ukrainian resistance—soldiers, volunteers, doctors, students, teachers, artists, displaced persons, exiles—today embodies the dignity of a country determined to continue resisting for its freedom and independence.
In Mariupol, buried under ruins, in Bakhmut, in Buchá, in liberated Kherson, in Kyiv, in every city and village, this resistance is the voice of freedom.
It proves to the world that independence is not a word in a history book, but a daily struggle, waged with courage and sacrifice.
In Mariupol, buried under ruins, in Bakhmut, in Buchá, in liberated Kherson, in Kyiv, in every city and village, this resistance is the voice of freedom.
It proves to the world that independence is not a word in a history book, but a daily struggle, waged with courage and sacrifice.
On August 24, 2025, we honor the women and men who hold the line, who rebuild despite the ruins and destruction, who, above all, refuse to give in to terror. Their courage is a call to our solidarity.
Ukraine is fighting for its independence.
It is also fighting for the universal values of freedom and human dignity.
And it is not alone.
It is also fighting for the universal values of freedom and human dignity.
And it is not alone.
The free world must stand with Ukraine until victory, until a just and lasting peace returns.
Slava Ukraini !
© Fresque « Vive la résistance Ukrainienne » realised in Paris, in March 2022, by Nikita Kravtsov.
