a year later, a day of tributes throughout the country

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A. Vahramian, S. Yassine, P. Yurov, P. Miette – France 2

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Friday, February 24, in kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to all the soldiers and to the Ukrainian people. Across the country, Ukrainians commemorated their dead.

He is the face of resisting Ukraine. And on this day, it is he who comes forward. The president-soldier in front of his troops and the yellow and blue flag, standard of an attacked nation. “I want to tell you who fight and you who live in Ukraine, how proud I am of you. We are all proud of you”, said Volodymyr Zelensky. Remembering the invasion to exalt the pride of a people. Medals to wounded fighters. Eternal gratitude to a soldier’s mother. Strong handshake to his young son. A child’s look and we understand the full meaning of the ceremonies of this February 24th.

Celebrate Resistance

In Boutcha, the martyr city marked by the Russian occupation, the inhabitants chose to pray in front of the photos of their dead slaughtered in the street. And this day is not made to soothe the pain. Throughout the country, tributes. Rays of light in the sky on the evening of February 23, over graves in the cemetery in Lviv, western Ukraine. The kyiv Opera also adorned itself with the colors of pride. What was there to celebrate today, if not that the country held on?


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