On July 28, we mark the Day of Ukrainian Statehood 🇺🇦 to celebrate our thousand-year-long history, deep and ancient roots and close connections with European countries. Our nation fights for Ukrainian statehood today, just like different generations fought hundreds of years ago. Today we celebrate this centuries-long resistance by remembering those people, symbols, and events, that made our statehood happen. From Kyivan Rus' to modern times, brilliant men and women built this country to be ope