{"id":151127,"date":"2026-08-23T21:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/151127\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:02:15","slug":"european-commission-raises-ukrainian-flag-ahead-of-independence-day-the-new-voice-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/151127\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission raises Ukrainian flag ahead of Independence Day \/ The New Voice of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5fd0bb436e9aa4c51a81bf84c45b0469.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"The European Commission raised the Ukrainian flag (Photo: @vonderleyen \/ \u0425)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content__head_img-info\">\n                The European Commission raised the Ukrainian flag (Photo: @vonderleyen \/ \u0425)\n        <\/p>\n<p>She also posted a video showing the Ukrainian flag being raised in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that it can fly proudly in the heart of our Union, where it belongs. Ukraine will restore its security. Its freedom. And take its rightful place in our Union,\u201d von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n<p>On Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day on Aug. 24, world leaders will gather in Kyiv for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. NATO will be represented by Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska. European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa will also attend the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Kyiv time and will be held in a hybrid format, with some participants attending in person and others joining online. French President Emmanuel Macron will participate by video conference. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, NV sources in the Presidential Office said former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Gen. Keith Kellogg and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will attend an Independence Day prayer breakfast in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold\">Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewVoiceUkraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheNewVoiceUkraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and<br \/>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLeesQswxLnIAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission raised the Ukrainian flag (Photo: @vonderleyen \/ \u0425) She also posted a video showing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,2610,28532,71287,71286],"class_list":["post-151127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-european-commission","tag-independence-day","tag-keith-kellogg","tag-ukrainian-flag"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117146848351356045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}