As Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day – or more precisely the 29th anniversary of the re-establishment of its independence – it’s appropriate to take some time to assess the current situation in our ancestral homeland.
In the days leading up to the national holiday, there were several notable developments. The Kyiv City Administration raised the country’s largest blue-and-yellow national flag at a new memorial in the city; the occasion was Ukrainian National Flag Day, which is celebrated on August 23. Also before Ukraine’s Independence Day, a human chain of solidarity with protesters in Belarus stretched from the Embassy of Belarus to Independence Square (the Maidan). It was yet another visible sign of the Ukrainian people’s support for their Belarusian neighbors and their belief in a better future.