‘Thank You For Our Independence’: Zelenskyy Honors Fallen Soldiers



At a ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day and six months of war with Russia, President Zelenskyy awarded medals to Ukrainian soldiers and family members of those killed in action.

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48 comments

  1. That little girl…! Having to grow up without her father….🇺🇦🇺🇦🌻🌻😥😥😥

  2. Over a 190,000 KIA Over 300,000 wounded, No reason to celebrate.

  3. 🇺🇦 #DefeatPutin 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🌻 💙💛

  4. ukrane independence day ? lol since when they are independent ? Hey Z independent country dont beg for money all the time…. clown

  5. Neo Nazi Zionist Zelensky regime

  6. Neo Nazi Zionist Zelensky regime

  7. Neo Nazi Zionist Zelensky regime

  8. GOD BLESS UKRAINE!!!🙏❤️🇺🇦💙Praying for Peace and Justice to the Peaceful, Loving and Beautiful Ukrainians. 🙏❤️🇺🇦💙💛🙏❤️🇺🇦💙💛Happy Independence Day!✨🇺🇦💙🇸🇬🎊💕❤️

  9. stare at putin pic👺 for 1 min – you will be seeing the epitome of human madness 🤡as of today – a person 👹who does not care one bit about humanity – only cares for self gratification 🌉.. this is how the world will end – nuclear armed nation ruled by madmen🤡🤡 who try and dont get what they want and destroy♨ the world🌃🏙🌄🌅 and in turn destroy themselfs – they hope they can survive in their beautiful bunker cities as the world is nuclear☢☣ annihilated … 👺

  10. That our President Zelenskyy on Independence day for the fallen soldiers for their bravery and honor for their amazing service 🙏 💙 👏 ❤️ 🙌 😢 🙏

  11. Keep going Ukraine 🙏💕

  12. Putin can not win !
    Wake up the people of Russia !
    Putin is killing your sons, your husbands, your fathers !
    Stand up and fight against Putin to save your love ones.

  13. May God guide and protect Zelenskyy ,his troops and his people.Slava Ukraini !

  14. God Bless the Heroes, and all Ukraine.

  15. 🌻🇺🇲🤝🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺🌻🇺🇲🤝🇷🇺🌻

  16. Mmmm propaganda. All that American money is training him well. Too bad it’ll be just like Crimea

  17. Thank you president Ukraine

  18. Putin silence is the scariest after suicide attack on alley daughter.. by Ukrainian..warned by USA CIA ..very sure retaliation will be unprecedented , deadly and systematic until l whole of Ukraine is completely annihilated…Russia holding war in Venezuela at time..is showing the USA and world at large ..Russia is fighting war with one hand and one leg handicap???Exhausted Russia or wining at all cost Russia to put USA at enormous pressure and peril"???..1000.000 more north Korea will start the next wave of attack after training and assimilating to Ukraine war zone … As day go by without Eu war fatigue support and declining .public support ..Ukraine will resort to becoming a terrorist organization …just like several decade ago..when USA CIA funded these middle eastern country to contain soviet union…"daughter of Putin ally"..Crimea and Europe largest Nuclear plant" a desperate attempt by Ukrainian""

    Ukraine without the support of EU on weaponry since July with winter season coming into fruition.it is clearly war fatigue or ether they survive or parish together with Ukraine .Ukraine can only fight a lose lose guerrilla terrorist tactic warfare with only support from USA CIA.so that "Why Russian accusing USA of dragging the out the war in Ukraine "and "USA is fanning tension every where in Asia and AUKUS with Australia ,UK into NATO" to contain China?? In the west with CIA support for Ukraine…Let's concede. NATO rules the world, or is that so?Who is stronger, NATO or Russia or China?

    NATO without USA is headless and Disorganized Attachment institution – It can be oblivious even put China higher as China proving to surpass USA in many aspect? Beidou navigation satellite system using two way quantum communication technology vs decade old one way GPS system ,superior Fighter plane J20 stealth vs F35 The J-20 is seen to pose by far the greatest challenge to American air superiority of any fighter in the world, and has seen its capabilities improve rapidly since first delivered to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force in 2016. The latest variants introduced Upgrade gained a super-cruise capability which the F-35 notably lacks.China vast array of Hyper-sonic Missile system vs conventional missile system..but with 27 country NATO (with UK and USA) could be more be formidable than China???. NATO (with USA) is the real global badass!!

    Just look at one parameter.And we know the obscene budget by USA on weaponry and Eu stupidly of following USA whereby putting great risk to it own economy and the fact they are at USA always at war 93% since independent,and most see NATO as essentially USA in a camouflage flak jacket, and a perfect excuse for the USA to control the business and destiny of a Europe in decline. The make-the-number members comes for the hunt once a while or when bored, notably the Anglo Saxon cousin who would even go across the world to the SCS just for a chance to show the Union Jack and to again prove its royal faithfulness to its once ex-colony.

    Please stay west and settle your Ukraine issue or Syria or Libya or Iraq or Palestine or where ever .Yes, NATO could be more nasty and stronger, but do stay 8000 km away. If there must be war, then it’s not strength alone but the will of the nation and its people. For this at least, It is reckon China and Russia could be stronger than NATO, even with the mighty USA included.A recent stimulation done if USA and China ,US lose 18 to 0 in favor of China!!!

    After all, we just saw what US and NATO boys did with Syria and Kabul, and again with Kyiv. How would everyone or anyone interpret this? That’s your prerogative.Even if the military strength is of the same league, it’s the political fortitude, the will of the nation, the perceived right and the resilience of the people that matter more. Those make up the potent combination that determines the real strength, which is perhaps the key that will sustain China as a great civilization of the past, and still the oldest continuous civilization marching into the future, and not by the strength of its steely blade alone.There will always be China and Russia, and only One, protecting of west from NATO gaining full dominance another China taking care and protecting of the east with time as its everlasting ally.

  19. He’s such a good dude.

  20. O my God! This got me…
    I’m crying for these people. God bless Ukraine and it’s people

  21. Hello flocks, Mr. Zelensky is honouring their fallen soldiers at a ceremony. Whereas compare to Putin who more dead soldiers but Putin don’t care two hoods, just dug a hole in the ground and bury them. My comment is this Zelensky is a real gentleman he follows the rules funeral but as for Putin he just dig a big hole and throw all his dead soldiers into one big hole. The moral of the story is “Putin is a devil not human”

  22. Thank you, Ukraine. Never give up, Never surrender

  23. This is what a good leader looks like 🙏🏻💕🇺🇦

  24. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 wake up folks ,,

  25. Zelinsky is a professional Actor…he’s a puppet that was put in power by the USA…please people wake up….why do u think politicians are sending money to Ukrain?… EVERYONE LOOK AT HIS VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE WHEN ZELINSKY HAD HUS GAME SHOW….HES TRAINED TO FOOL YOU….THEY BLOCKED ALL RUSSIN MEDIA CHANNELS FROM YOUTUBE ….THEY TELL YOU THAT RUSSIA IS LOOSING ….COME ON. THATS FAKE NEWS…RUSSIA HAS One Of the Top 3 armaments in the world. Including the Hypersonic Missile They Invented…wake up….the USA is lying about the fact that Ukrain is making progress

  26. So painful to watch knowing their losses. Love to them that had those that fight and fought for their Freedom from a world terrorist.

  27. President Zelenskyy is great leader he has such compassion and kindness for his people ! He is strong and a honorable man ! God Bless the President and First Lady and all the people in Ukraine !!

  28. Happy Independence day God Bless
    ❤ UKRAINE ❤ 🇺🇦 🌻🇺🇦❤God Bless President Joe Biden ❤🙏❤ God Bless America ❤ 🇺🇸 ❤ God Bless for All ❤

  29. Never give up Ukraine, you will be free

  30. r.i.p ukrainian soldier we share the defeat the russia enemy

  31. Happy Independence Day,I can't stop crying, What a 1st Class President, I'm praying for you all ❤ 🙏

  32. Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇲🇺🇦 Such bravery!

  33. Ukraina 🇺🇦 💓👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  34. Too bad people in the biden administration do not want Americans to be free and independent.

  35. We are over it zelly, you are a bad comedian

  36. The pain on the face of the woman with red hair who lost her husband. The little girl who lost her father. Heartbreaking. The savages from Russia sow death and destruction.

  37. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY👉HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️🥇😅😅

  38. ♥️♥️♥️👍✌️🇦🇱

  39. You won’t see the same from Putin. Says a lot.