Ukraine is marking its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion
, with officials vowing to keep up their fight to drive out the Kremlin’s forces and local people remembering their fallen loved ones.
“We remember everyone who gave their lives for freedom and independence, for the free future of Ukraine,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post.In the northeastern Kharkiv region, families visited a cemetery where fallen Ukrainian soldiers are buried.“He was an ordinary boy who loved life and dreamed of something,” she told The Associated Press.
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