On January 22, the day of the proclamation of the Act of Unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine annually celebrates the Day of Unity. Officially in Ukraine the holiday was established by the Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the Day of the Unification of Ukraine" of January 21, 1999 № 42/99. The Act of Unification crowned the conciliar aspirations of Ukrainians in both parts of Ukraine - the Dnieper region and the Transnistrian region - at least from the middle of the 19th century. This was a fundamental event for Ukrainian statehood. On August 24, 1991, an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Independence of Ukraine. He was supported by Ukrainians in the All-Ukrainian referendum on December 1, 1991. This event became the starting point for the history of modern Ukrainian statehood. However, historians rightly point out that on August 24, 1991, Ukraine's state independence was actually restored.

Unity presupposes not only the memory of the past, but also the need for united joint work and interaction in modern Ukraine, when we, from different regions, communicate, work together, create significant and important things. The idea of the unity of Ukraine was key for the next generation of participants in the Ukrainian liberation movement in the twentieth century. On January 22, we commemorate two equally significant events in Ukrainian history: the proclamation of the independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Act of Unification of Ukrainian Lands. After all, on January 22, 1918, for the first time in the 20th century, Ukrainian independence was proclaimed by the Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada, and within a year (January 22, 1919) no less important event took place on Sofia Square in Kyiv. National unity is not only a basic value of the country's citizens, but also a prerequisite for successful resistance to external aggression.

Today, Ukraine continues to fight for independence and unity. Therefore, catholicity remains on the agenda of national tasks. Ukraine is the return of the occupied Crimea and certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.