Key points from Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s remarks during events marking Ukraine\u2019s Constitution Day:<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Exactly 30 years ago, a vital pillar of our nation\u2019s independence was established, when Ukrainians ceased to live under the old \u2013 and, above all, foreign \u2013 laws.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Any articles of the Constitution of Ukraine would be nothing more than words on paper without the millions of Ukrainians who are ready to defend our independence and our land.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The strength of Ukraine\u2019s fundamental law lies not in the legal elegance of its articles, but in the genuine unity of the Ukrainian people.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Putin has struck 740 religious buildings in Ukraine. On the night of 15 June, he added the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the Cathedral of the Assumption to the list.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The Lavra stands, St Sophia\u2019s stands \u2014 therefore Kyiv stands. Ukraine stands. It stands and will prevail, because people are fighting and praying for it in every corner of our country.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine is strong. It is strong when the state, the church, our armed forces and the people of Ukraine stand as one.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Today I tabled a bill in parliament on the Ukrainian National Pantheon.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f From now on, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra will quite rightly house a bust of the great Ukrainian and patron of the Lavra \u2014 Ivan Mazepa.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f At a time when Moscow did not yet exist, the Lavra was already there. It was a source of development, where Ukrainian history, education, science, our art and medicine were forged.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Ukraine will honour all its trusted friends and allies with a new state award \u2014 the Order of Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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