Voice of Ukraine

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 698):

The Lord has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭98:2‬ ‭

Today is the Ukrainian Unity Day.

Over the centuries, Ukraine had been divided between different empires. It gained its attempt at independence after WWI when former empires were weakened. That’s when the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UNR) and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) were established. For a while, they existed separately and tried to find where they fit in the new world order. In 1918, the Ukrainian People’s Republic finally proclaimed its independence, and on January 22, 1919, they declared a Unification Act, converging the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic into a sovereign state. Ukrainians, previously divided by the borders of former empires, could finally become one. Unfortunately, the newly established state turned out to be too weak against the new enemies, and Ukraine lost its independence, its land divided between the Soviet Union and Poland. For decades, the Unification Act was the driving force for an independent, unified Ukraine, and its independence was finally restored on August 24, 1991. Yet, the fight for our independence (and existence) continues now.