Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the state flag of Ukraine symbolizes peace, tranquility and freedom and promised that soon residents of Donetsk and Luhansk will have peace.
“People have risen to protect their rights during the Revolution of Dignity with our flag. Pay attention that the flags of Ukraine and the European Union have the same colors. This speaks volumes and it is an important detail,” the head of state said speaking at the ceremony of running up of the state flag of Ukraine on the Sofiyska Square in Kyiv on Aug. 23.
He said that the Ukrainian flag has become a symbol of freedom which spreads further to the east.
“We’re people of peace. However, we’re ready to pay and we pay with sweat and blood for the right to live under this flag, under this sky and among these fields. The blue and yellow flag has become a symbol of calm life, to which Ukrainian Armed Forces are returning Donbas, liberating it from terrorists,” he said.
The ceremony of running up the Ukrainian flag was held on the Sofiyska Square in Kyiv. Ukrainian presidents Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yuschenko, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, government and parliament members, Kyiv authorities and representatives of the presidential administration took part in the ceremony.
