Official Release August 29, 2023. New postage stamp of Ukraine!!!
August 29, 2023 - Memorial Day of fallen defenders of Ukraine
Eternal memory - Memorial Day of fallen defenders of Ukraine
The set includes:
---1 FDC signed:
- Genadiy Dykiy - mayor of the city of Bila Tserkva
- Serhiy Fesyk - chaplain of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade
- Evgeny "Bankomat" - major of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade, head of the financial support department
- Halyna Serhiyiv - captain of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade
- Ernest Pylypchuk - captain of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade
- Oleksandr Legky - senior lieutenant of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade
- Mykola Golaynyk - junior chaplain of the 114th Territorial Defense Brigade
- Olesya Kopchuk - Director of the Kyiv City Directorate of Ukrposhta
- the mother of the fallen soldier, a participant in the presentation
All 4 cancellation stamps of the Kyiv region: First Day Kyiv, Crimea, Sevastopol, Bila Tserkva (Crimea and Sevastopol are placed on the back of the envelope).
When buying, indicate the number of the envelope!!!
Place of presentation: Bila Tserkva city, Kiev region.
This is not the only day of the year when we remember, pay tribute, and talk about those who gave their lives to defend Ukraine, its statehood, independence and unity. But this is a special day, an opportunity for everyone in society to focus together on memory, honor and gratitude.
The date was established by the decree of Volodymyr Zelenskyi in 2019 in memory of the tragic events of August 29, 2014 in Ilovaisk, Donetsk region.
Since mid-August 2014, fierce battles between the occupiers and the armed forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been raging in the city. On August 24-25, Ukrainian battalions were encircled. On August 28, as a result of negotiations, a decision was made to withdraw Ukrainian defenders through the "green corridor".
However, on August 29, the Russian military opened fire on the evacuation convoy. According to official data, 366 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, 429 were wounded of various degrees of severity, and 300 were captured.
Their path lay through sunflower fields. Therefore, the sunflower became the traditional symbol of the memorial day on August 29.
HEROES DO NOT DIE!
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Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
Glory to the nation! Death to the enemies!