{"id":15029,"date":"2025-08-24T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=15029"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:35:09","slug":"august-24-independence-day-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/august-24-independence-day-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"August 24 \u2013 Independence Day of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">August 24 \u2013 Ukrainian Independence Day<br \/>\nIn 1991, Ukraine declared its independence.<br \/>\nSince 2014, and even more so since February 24, 2022, Russia has been trying to wrest it from it.<br \/>\nBut in the face of tanks, missiles, deportations, and crimes, a people has risen up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Ukrainian resistance\u2014soldiers, volunteers, doctors, students, teachers, artists, displaced persons, exiles\u2014today embodies the dignity of a country determined to continue resisting for its freedom and independence.<br \/>\nIn Mariupol, buried under ruins, in Bakhmut, in Buch\u00e1, in liberated Kherson, in Kyiv, in every city and village, this resistance is the voice of freedom.<br \/>\nIt proves to the world that independence is not a word in a history book, but a daily struggle, waged with courage and sacrifice.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ukraine is fighting for its independence.<br \/>\nIt is also fighting for the universal values \u200b\u200bof freedom and human dignity.<br \/>\nAnd it is not alone.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\">The free world must stand with Ukraine until victory, until a just and lasting peace returns.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"> Slava Ukraini !<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/standwithukraine?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZX-0ff1g5qlKH0WApm4FLKgHXAqRP2lYnKGDlcGPILVFovSKr8YUuRdcEde7EmAdJxtrMkJ7oUeVKgbYY4qp3A_c7WhHhI7uIkiP30rds5ztexr38dmDV77dHdef_VtDbKmc_17nv_wd6_gCAcgIPpW&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a9 Fresque \u00ab Vive la r\u00e9sistance Ukrainienne \u00bb realised in Paris, in March 2022, by <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100000732325704&amp;__cft__[0]=AZX-0ff1g5qlKH0WApm4FLKgHXAqRP2lYnKGDlcGPILVFovSKr8YUuRdcEde7EmAdJxtrMkJ7oUeVKgbYY4qp3A_c7WhHhI7uIkiP30rds5ztexr38dmDV77dHdef_VtDbKmc_17nv_wd6_gCAcgIPpW&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\">Nikita Kravtsov<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 24 \u2013 Ukrainian Independence Day In 1991, Ukraine declared its independence. 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