💥The day when tears and pride mix into one.
The day when the heart shrinks with pain for those who did not return,
and at the same time is torn with respect for those who survived.

🔱This is not just a remembrance of the end of the war.
It is about millions of broken lives, about mothers who waited and children who did not.
About men who went to the front and became legends.
It is about the terrible price Europe paid to say "Never again".
But today we see that evil is not dead.
It has changed its face, changed its language, flags, tactics -
but it came again with fire and hatred.
Again on our land, again killing, again trying to wipe us off the map.

🙏 But Ukraine is not a shadow of the past.
We are a nation of the unconquered.
And today, just as in 1945, we are holding our own.
We are fighting not only for ourselves, but also to protect the world from darkness.
We remember. Because this is our root.
We fight. Because this is our essence.
We will win. Because it is our destiny.

💙💛With faith in the strength of our people,
With respect to every hero,
Alla StoyanovaMember of the Odesa Regional Council.