President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on nationwide measures to protect Ukrainian national shrines.
According to Ukrinform, he announced this during an event marking the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
“Here, at the Lavra, and at other places like this—at our national shrines—you feel like you’re part of something much greater and longer-lasting than your personal history, your personal experiences, and your personal memories. We must preserve every one of these national shrines. And we must do so all the more now, when the challenges of the passage of time have been compounded by the challenges of a completely godless, senseless Russian war against Ukraine and against all the places that embody our culture, history, and memory—against all the places that embody humanity,” Zelensky emphasized.
During his speech, the President also announced the preparation of a draft law on Ukrainian national shrines in time for Independence Day. He called on lawmakers to support this initiative “to clearly define what constitutes our shrines and what steps are needed to protect them throughout Ukraine.”
The decree “On the National Sacred Sites of the Ukrainian People” has been published on the President’s website under No. 726/2026.
