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Remembrance and Reconciliation Day and Victory Day over Nazism

World War II was the bloodiest and most brutal in human history (50 to 85 million people died). Ukraine honors the memory of everyone who fought Nazism, as well as other victims of the war. That war was made possible by a conspiracy of inhumane regimes - Nazi and Soviet, which put geopolitical interests above human rights and freedoms. In addition, the weakness, fear and indecision of the international community encouraged the aggressors to increase the scale of crime.

Now, as in World War II, Ukraine is at war with the aggressor. Today, it is Putin's Russia that is encroaching on our territorial integrity, trying to destroy the international security system and potentially threatening peace throughout Europe. This struggle has been going on every day for six years and we have no right to lose, because, like three quarters of a century ago, we are defending our homeland, defending our right to freely choose the future. For us, it is a war for freedom, civilization, democracy and European values against the imperial ambitions of an insidious, aggressive criminal neighbor. The power of our armed forces is the key to the existence of the state and the preservation of human rights for citizens.

Remembrance and Reconciliation Day and Victory Day over Nazism in World War II do not symbolize the triumph of the victors over the vanquished, but should be a reminder of a terrible catastrophe and a warning that difficult international problems cannot be solved by force, ultimatums, aggression, annexation. The most important result of the war should not be the cult of victory, but the ability to value peace, to defend it categorically and uncompromisingly by all reasonable means. Our memory is a safeguard against such disasters never happening again.

History teaches us that the Ukrainian people win when we are united, united, act together and defend what is dear to us. When we are together, when we feel that justice is on our side and stand for our land, then we are invincible