Today Ukraine celebrates the Constitution Day. It was 28 years ago this day that the Verkhovna Rada adopted the country’s main legal document. This happened five years after the country’s independence was declared.
Lviv region also joined the celebration of Constitution Day. According to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, on the occasion of the holiday, the Lviv Regional Military Administration initiated a Unity Rally in Lviv, which was attended by police officers, the State Emergency Service, the Border Guard Service, the emergency medical service, the Superhumans Centre rehabilitation clinic, representatives of military brigades and volunteer organisations. In total, the convoy consisted of 28 vehicles.
“With this rally, we remind ourselves and the world that Ukrainians respect the main law of their country. Ukrainians are united, and therefore invincible,” the head of the region stressed.
The route started from Pylyp Orlyk Street – Ivan Mazepa Street – Viacheslav Chornovil Avenue – Svobody Avenue – Rynok Square – Vynnychenko Street.
Afterwards, a solemn ceremony of raising the National Flag of Ukraine took place in the park “Na Valakh”. The event began with a minute of silence in memory of all those who gave their lives for Ukraine’s independence. Then, accompanied by the orchestra of the Hetman P. Sahaidachny National Army Academy and the command of the Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi, the blue and yellow flag was hoisted on the flagpole.
“The Constitution embodies the most important values of the Ukrainian people: freedom, equality, independence and territorial integrity. This is what our soldiers defend every day with courage and bravery. Today, more than ever, we feel the importance of the rights and freedoms enshrined in our fundamental law. We see how the enemy is trying to destroy our values with a barbaric invasion, but no weapon can destroy our ideals, because we are with the truth, which always wins!” said the head of Lviv region, Maksym Kozytskyi.
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The Constitution of Ukraine is a document that declares the foundations of our statehood on the principles of democracy. It defines Ukraine as a sovereign, independent, social and legal state. Ukraine’s sovereignty extends to its entire territory. Ukraine is a unitary state. And the territory of Ukraine within its existing borders is integral and inviolable. Article 17 of the Constitution states that the protection of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, ensuring its economic and information security are the most important functions of the state and the business of the entire Ukrainian people.
The defence of Ukraine, protection of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability is entrusted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.