Petro Poroshenko congratulated Ukrainians on Independence Day
"34 years ago, we regained our independence. Dozens of generations fought for it. We had been striving for this independence for a thousand years. And on that day, 24 August 1991, we got our chance. Not everyone understood how important it was at the time. For some, it was a day off, a stage on Maidan, songs and poems. But it was then that a new history of Ukraine began," recalled the fifth President.


