{"id":6943,"date":"2024-12-06T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=6943"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:06:47","slug":"day-of-the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/day-of-the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude4f\ud83e\ude96 <strong>December 6 has been celebrated every year in Ukraine<\/strong>, since 1993, to honor those who protect the country&#8217;s <strong>independence and sovereignty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddf3 On December 6, 1991, a few days after the referendum on Ukrainian independence, the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, adopted the<strong> first founding laws of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u270a <strong>After the Dignity Revolution (2013-2014) and in the face of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea,<\/strong> a new page in the history of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has opened. Since the large-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukrainian army has reinvented itself, becoming a symbol of resilience and courage.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf3b <strong>Today, we pay tribute to all the defenders,<\/strong> past and present, who fight for the freedom and integrity of Ukraine. Their courage is an inspiration to us all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Emblem_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Coat of arms of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Cover photo: Anatolii Stepanov, AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude4f\ud83e\ude96 December 6 has been celebrated every year in Ukraine, since 1993, to honor those who protect the country&#8217;s independence and sovereignty. \ud83d\uddf3 On December 6, 1991, a few days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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