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Independence Day of Ukraine, the Glossary

Independence Day of Ukraine (Den' Nezaležnosti Ukrajiny) is a state holiday in modern Ukraine, celebrated on 24 August in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991.^[1]

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Al Arabiya

Al Arabiya (العربية, transliterated:; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is a Saudi state-owned international Arabic news television channel.

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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, currently the longest in Europe.

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Anadolu Agency

Anadolu Agency (Anadolu Ajansı,; abbreviated AA) is a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

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Anders Åslund

Per Anders Åslund (born 17 February 1952) is a Swedish economist and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

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Andriy Bohdan

Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan (Андрій Йосипович Богдан; born on 3 December 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration.

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Andrzej Duda

Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has been serving as President of Poland since 2015.

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Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it.

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Antony Blinken

Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and diplomat currently serving as the 71st United States secretary of state.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014.

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Azov Brigade

The 12th Special Operations Brigade "Azov" is a formation of the National Guard of Ukraine formerly based in Mariupol, in the coastal region of the Sea of Azov, from which it derives its name.

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Band of the Scots Guards

The Band of the Scots Guards is one of five bands in the Foot Guards Regiments in the Household Division which primarily guards the British monarch.

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Battle of Debaltseve

The Battle of Debaltseve was a military confrontation in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, between the pro-Russian separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, starting in mid-January 2015 during the war in the Donbas region.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Belsat TV

Belsat (Белсат; Biełsat; stylised as B☰LSAT) is a Polish free-to-air terrestrial and satellite television channel aimed at Belarus.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.

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Brandenburg Gate

The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin.

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Brno

Brno (Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Calton Hill

Calton Hill (Cnoc Coilltinn) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Candlelight vigil

A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray, show support for a specific cause, or remember the dead, in which case, the event is often called a candlelight memorial.

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Central Park

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States.

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Chaplyne

Chaplyne (Чаплине,; Чаплино) is a rural settlement in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Chaplyne railway station attack

On 24 August 2022, the Independence Day of Ukraine, a railway station in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, was shelled by the Russian Armed Forces resulting in at least 25 dead (including 2 children aged 6 and 11) and about 31 wounded.

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Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office

Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street, the residence and executive office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in London.

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CNN Newsroom

CNN Newsroom (also simply known as Newsroom) is the branding used for blocks of rolling news programming carried by the U.S. cable network CNN.

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Colosseum

The Colosseum (Colosseo) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Common sunflower

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Crimea Platform

The Crimea Platform (translit; Qırım Platforması) is a diplomatic summit initiated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in August 2021 and attended by delegations from 46 countries.

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Cyprus Weekly

The Cyprus Weekly was the top-selling English-language newspaper in Cyprus, with a circulation exceeding 14,000 copies.

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Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)

23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag (День Державного прапора України) in Ukraine; beginning in 2004. Independence Day of Ukraine and Day of the National Flag (Ukraine) are August observances, culture of Ukraine and Summer events in Ukraine.

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Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine (Akt proholoshennia nezalezhnosti Ukrainy) was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 24 August 1991. Independence Day of Ukraine and Declaration of Independence of Ukraine are Ukrainian independence movement.

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Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine

The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine (translit) was adopted on July 16, 1990, by the recently elected parliament of Ukrainian SSR by a vote of 355 for and four against.

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Defenders Day (Ukraine)

Defenders Day is a public holiday, Ukrinform (14 October 2021) in Ukraine celebrated annually on 1 October. Independence Day of Ukraine and Defenders Day (Ukraine) are culture of Ukraine and public holidays in Ukraine.

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Dmytro Kuleba

Dmytro Ivanovych Kuleba (Дмитро Іванович Кулеба,; born 19 April 1981) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (translit), is an oblast (province) in simultaneously southern, eastern and central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country.

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Downing Street

Downing Street is a street in Westminster in London that houses the official residences and offices of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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DW News

DW News is a global news TV program broadcast by German public state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW).

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

Bartholomew (Βαρθολομαῖος,; Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Eric Adams

Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer, currently serving as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022.

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Eurofighter Typhoon

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter.

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Euromaidan Press

Euromaidan Press (EP) is an English-language news website launched in 2014 by contributors from Ukraine, sponsored by reader contributions and the International Renaissance Foundation.

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Euronews

Euronews (stylised in lowercase) is a European television news network, headquartered in Lyon, France.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

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Fireworks

Fireworks are low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes.

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Flag of Ukraine

The national flag of Ukraine (Derzhavnyi prapor Ukrainy) consists of equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow.

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Floriana

Floriana (Il-Furjana or Il-Floriana), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta.

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Flypast

A flypast is a ceremonial or honorific flight by an aircraft or group of aircraft.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France 24

France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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General Post Office, Dublin

The General Post Office (GPO; Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of — the Irish Post Office.

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Gitanas Nausėda

Gitanas Nausėda ɡɪˈtɐ.nɐs nɐˈu.sʲeː.dɐ (born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician, economist, and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019.

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Grand-Place

The italic ("Grand Square"; also used in English) or italic ("Big Market") is the central square of Brussels, Belgium.

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Holodomor

The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–1933 which affected the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union. While scholars are in consensus that the cause of the famine was man-made, it remains in dispute whether the Holodomor was directed at Ukrainians and whether it constitutes a genocide.

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Hulusi Akar

Hulusi Akar (born 12 March 1952) is a former four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the Minister of National Defense from 2018 to 2023.

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Imperialism

Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).

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Interfax-Ukraine

Interfax-Ukraine (Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Ukrainian news agency. Independence Day of Ukraine and Interfax-Ukraine are 1992 establishments in Ukraine.

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Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Jean-Yves Le Drian

Jean-Yves Le Drian (born 30 June 1947) is a French politician who served as Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs in the governments of Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex (2017–2022) and as Minister of Defence under President François Hollande (2012–2017).

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Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most populous, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

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João Gomes Cravinho

João Titterington Gomes Cravinho (born 16 June 1964) is a Portuguese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister António Costa between 2022 and 2024.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Katerina Sakellaropoulou (Κατερίνα Σακελλαροπούλου; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek judge who has been the president of Greece since 13 March 2020.

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Khreshchatyk

Khreshchatyk (Хрещатик) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.

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Kraków

(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

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Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin (Moskovskiy Kreml'), or simply the Kremlin, is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Kyiv Chaika Airfield

Kyiv Chaika Airfield (also given as Kyiv West) is a recreational aerodrome in Ukraine located in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka (Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, Kyiv Region), about 15 km (9 mi) west of Kyiv.

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Kyiv Independence Day Parade

The Kyiv Independence Day Parade has been the main event of various celebrations of the Independence Day of Ukraine, which is celebrated annually in Kyiv on August 24. Independence Day of Ukraine and Kyiv Independence Day Parade are public holidays in Ukraine, Summer events in Ukraine and Ukrainian independence movement.

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Kyiv International Institute of Sociology

Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, or KIIS (Київський міжнародний інститут соціології, КМІС), is a Ukrainian organization conducting sociological research in the fields of social and socioeconomic research, marketing research, political research, health studies, and research consulting and auditing.

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Kyiv Post

The Kyiv Post is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.

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Larry (cat)

Larry (born) is a British domestic tabby cat who has been Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street since 2011.

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Leonid Kuchma

Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Леонід Данилович Кучма,; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Luhansk

Luhansk (Луганськ), also known as Lugansk (Луганск), is a city in the Donbas region, eastern Ukraine.

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Maia Sandu

Maia Sandu (born 24 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician who has been the President of Moldova since 24 December 2020.

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Maidan casualties

Altogether, 108 civilian protesters and 13 police officers were killed in Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity (or the 'Maidan Revolution'), which was the culmination of the Euromaidan protest movement.

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Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Майдан Незалежності) is the central square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Independence Day of Ukraine and Maidan Nezalezhnosti are Ukrainian independence movement.

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Malta Today

Malta Today is a twice-weekly English language newspaper published in Malta.

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Manneken Pis

paren) is a landmark bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its existence is attested as early as the mid-15th century, Manneken Pis was redesigned by the Brabantine sculptor Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder and put in place in 1619.

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March of the Defenders

The March of the Defenders also known as the Alternative Parade is a public march and demonstration held on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine. Independence Day of Ukraine and march of the Defenders are culture of Ukraine.

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Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi (born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker, statesman and civil servant who served as the prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022.

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Mariupol

Mariupol (Маріуполь; Мариуполь,; Marioúpoli) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (born 5 February 1968) is a Turkish diplomat and politician who is currently a member of the Grand National Assembly.

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Military parade

A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)

The Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών) is a government department of Greece, headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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Moldova

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.

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Mother Ukraine

Mother Ukraine (translit) is a monumental Soviet-era statue in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

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Mykhailo Podolyak

Mykhailo Mykhailovych Podolyak (Михайло Михайлович Подоляк; born 16 February 1972) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and negotiator, serving as the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

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National anthem of Ukraine

The national anthem of Ukraine (Державний Гімн України), known by its official edition's first line; its original title; and its official designation of the, is one of the state symbols of Ukraine.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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New Town, Prague

New Town (Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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Newstalk

Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Odesa

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

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Office of the President of Ukraine

The Office of the President of Ukraine (Ofis Prezydenta Ukrainy), formerly the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Адміністрація Президента, Administratsiia Prezydenta), is a standing advisory body set up by the President of Ukraine pursuant to clause 28, Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.

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Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz (born) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021.

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Old Town (Prague)

The Old Town of Prague (Staré Město pražské, Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic.

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Old Town Square

Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí or colloquially Staromák) is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

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Oleksandr Kubrakov

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kubrakov (Олександр Миколайович Кубраков; born 20 August 1982) is a Ukrainian economist, civil servant and politician.

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Oleksandr Kuzmuk

Oleksandr Ivanovych Kuzmuk (Олекса́ндр Іва́нович Кузьму́к; born 17 April 1954) is a Ukrainian politician and military commander, who was a member of the Party of Regions and also served as Minister of Defence of Ukraine on two occasions, from 1996 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005.

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Oleksii Reznikov

Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 4 November 2021 until his dismissal on 5 September 2023.

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Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU), also called Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

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Palace of Culture and Science

The Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki; abbreviated PKiN) is a notable high-rise building in central Warsaw, Poland.

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Parade

A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons.

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Parliament of the Czech Republic

The Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky) or just Parliament (Parlament) is the legislative branch of the Czech Republic.

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Paul Robert Magocsi

Paul Robert Magocsi (born January 26, 1945) is an American professor of history, political science, and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto.

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Paul Tucker (politician)

Paul F. Tucker is an American politician, lawyer and law enforcement officer currently serving as the District Attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts since 2023.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.

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Peterson Institute for International Economics

The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), known until 2006 as the Institute for International Economics (IIE), is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981 and has been led by Adam S. Posen since 2013.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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President of Ukraine

The president of Ukraine (Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine.

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Public holidays in Ukraine

The following are 11 public holidays in Ukraine. Independence Day of Ukraine and public holidays in Ukraine are culture of Ukraine.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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Rafał Trzaskowski

Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski (born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician and the current city mayor of Warsaw.

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Razumkov Centre

Razumkov Centre (Центр Разумкова), or fully the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies named after Olexander Razumkov (Український центр економічнихі політичнихдосліджень імені Олександра Разумкова), is a Ukrainian non-governmental public policy think tank.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Robert Abela

Robert Abela (born 7 December 1977) is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Malta and leader of the Malta Labour Party since 2020.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Russian separatist forces in Ukraine

Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

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Russo-Ukrainian War

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.

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Sheep Meadow

Sheep Meadow is a meadow near the southwestern section of Central Park, between West 66th and 69th Streets in Manhattan, New York City.

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Slovenia

Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Special Operations Forces (Ukraine)

The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (translit, abbreviated) are the special forces of Ukraine and one of the seven branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with headquarters in Kyiv.

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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

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State terrorism

State terrorism refers to acts of terrorism which a state conducts against another state or against its own citizens.

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Stefania (song)

"Stefania" (Стефанія) is a song by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra, co-written by all group members alongside Ivan Klymenko and was released through Sony Music Entertainment.

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Svoboda (newspaper)

Svoboda (in «Свобода» — "Liberty") is the oldest existing Ukrainian newspaper and the most widely read in the Western world.

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Taras Kuzio

Taras Kuzio (born 7 April 1958) is a Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine).

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Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Тарас Григорович Шевченко; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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The Salem News

The Salem News (formerly the Salem Evening News) is an American daily newspaper serving southern Essex County, Massachusetts.

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The Ukrainian Weekly

The Ukrainian Weekly is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America.

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TRT World

TRT World is a Turkish public broadcaster which broadcasts in English 24 hours a day and is operated by the TRT and based in the Ulus quarter of Ankara.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukrainian Air Force

The Ukrainian Air Force (Povitryani syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the seven branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Independence Day of Ukraine and Ukrainian Air Force are 1992 establishments in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian diaspora

The Ukrainian diaspora comprises Ukrainians and their descendants who live outside Ukraine around the world, especially those who maintain some kind of connection to the land of their ancestors and maintain their feeling of Ukrainian national identity within their own local community.

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Ukrainian embroidery

Ukrainian embroidery (vyshyvka) occupies an important place among the various branches of Ukrainian decorative arts.

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Ukrainian Ground Forces

The Ukrainian Ground Forces (SVZSU, Сухопутні війська Збройнихсил України), also referred to as the Ukrainian army, are the land forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian hryvnia

The (гривня,: грн hrn; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996.

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Ukrainian Independent Information Agency

The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News (translit) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian news agency.

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Ukrainian National Association

The Ukrainian National Association (UNA) (Український народний союз), known before 1914 as the Ruthenian National Union (Руський Народний Союз), is a North American fraternal organization founded in Shamokin, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1894, when the first wave of immigrants from the territories of today's Western Ukraine came to the United States and Canada.

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Ukrainian Navy

The Ukrainian Navy (translit) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Independence Day of Ukraine and Ukrainian Navy are 1992 establishments in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian People's Republic

The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) was a short-lived state in Eastern Europe. Independence Day of Ukraine and Ukrainian People's Republic are Ukrainian independence movement.

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The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainska Radianska Sotsialistychna Respublika; Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.

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Ukrainian territorial defence battalions

Territorial defence battalions (translit) were volunteer military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence in 2014–2015.

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Ukrainska Pravda

Ukrainska Pravda (lit) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum).

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Ukrinform

The National News Agency of Ukraine (Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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University of Toronto Press

The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press.

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Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (born 8 October 1958) is a German politician, serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019.

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Vadym Prystaiko

Vadym Volodymyrovych Prystaiko (Вадим Володимирович Пристайко,; born 20 February 1970) is a Ukrainian diplomat who was Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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Valletta

Valletta (il-Belt Valletta) is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas.

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Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (often as Verkhovna Rada or simply Rada, VR) is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.

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Victory parade

A victory parade is a parade held to celebrate a victory.

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.

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Vladimir the Great

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019, including during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine ongoing since 2022.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine

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