Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that on 28 June, Constitution Day, he submitted a draft law to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) on the establishment of a National Pantheon to honour distinguished Ukrainians.
Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the President's Office, on Telegram; the entry for the draft law on the Verkhovna Rada website
Quote from Zelenskyy: "Today I submitted the law on the Ukrainian National Pantheon to parliament. The names of all the heroes who have fought for Ukraine and inspired Ukraine in different centuries and eras will be united and forever inscribed in our history with a capital letter, with great respect and attention from the state: Ukraine, which respects itself, values its people, and defends what is its own – its right to be Ukrainian. Where no one will ever dictate how we live, how we speak, who we love, who we should be grateful to, or which heroes we should honour."
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