Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted that two years ago he had made a decision to abandon false tradition of celebrating the main military holiday of our independent state according to the calendar of the country-aggressor and the new date had caught on surprisingly fast.
“October 14 symbolizes inextricable link of many generations of defenders of Ukraine. The Day of Defender of Ukraine was consecrated by blood of our soldiers and tears of mothers,” Petro Poroshenko said at the ceremony of taking oath by students of Ivan Bohun Military Lyceum of Kyiv on the Day of Defender of Ukraine, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
