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Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address on Ukrainian Unity Day

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January 22,2025 72
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address on Ukrainian Unity Day

“Today, I want to congratulate everyone on this day – the Day of Unity of Ukraine! I wish us to be strong, to believe in ourselves, to believe in Ukraine,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address to the nation on Ukrainian Unity Day, Jan. 22.

Good morning, Ukraine!

Ukrainians. Our state. Strong, independent. For it is one. And united. We always keep this in mind, especially on this day, January 22, the Day of Unity of Ukraine. I am recording this address at Sophia Square. A historic place. A place of strength. A place of wisdom, passed down to us through the events that took place here over a hundred years ago and through further moments of our history, which prove: when we fight united, we certainly gain what is ours, but when we clash, we lose what is ours.

It was right here, on this square, that the Act of Unification was proclaimed. Right Bank and Left Bank Ukraine united into one state. But ambition, discord, and enemies who took advantage of them – enemies, by the way, both external and internal – prevented an independent Ukraine from existing for long. Unfortunately. Our statehood was lost. That means our own freedom was lost. For many years. For decades. It meant several generations living under other people’s flags, traditions, being told how to live, how to speak, how to think, whom to love, whom to hate. This is what it means to live without your own statehood; this is what the loss of independence means.

Full text of the address: Office of the President of Ukraine

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