Saturday & Sunday, nearly 50 Ukrainian cities are celebrating their day.
Vinnitsa, Dnipro Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Mykolaiv, Uzhgorod, Barvinkove, Bila Tserkva, Bohuslav, Boryslav, Varash, Vasylkiv, Vyshgorod, Vyshneve, Halych, Druzhkivka, Zhydachiv, Zdolbuniv, Zelenodolsk, Irpin, Kagarlyk, Kamianka-Buzka, Kivertsi, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Krasyliv, Liman, Myronivka, Novoukrainka, Ochakiv, Rava-Ruska, Reni, Sambir, Slavuta, Smila, Trostyanets, Ukrainka, Shpola, Yagotyn, Avdiivka, Alchevsk, Volnovakha, Debaltseve, Luhansk, Oleshki, Khartsyzk.
Bakhmut, an ancient Ukrainian city in ruins due to Russian attacks, still has an indomitable Cossack character.
"Ukraine always remembers all its people. It always protects its own. But it will provide freedom and strength to all its cities. The territory of our state is large. But we will not leave a single centimeter of it to the Russian invaders.
I congratulate all Ukrainian cities whose days are now! We stand side by side to restore freedom to everyone!" - Zelensky