{"id":369191,"date":"2025-08-24T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369191\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:08:09","slug":"happy-birthday-ukraine-commonspace-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369191\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Ukraine | commonspace.eu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Ukraine&#8217;s Independence Day. The editorial team of <strong>commonspace.eu<\/strong> congratulate the Ukrainian People on their national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day, celebrated annually on August 24, marks the declaration of Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty from the Soviet Union in 1991. This historic day was a defining moment for the Ukrainian people, as the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine&#8217;s parliament) passed the Act of Declaration of Independence following the failed coup attempt in Moscow. This decision was a pivotal step in Ukraine&#8217;s quest to rebuild its national identity and chart a new course in global politics.<\/p>\n<p>The day has taken an added significance in the last four years as Ukraine and Ukrainians fought off an unprovoked Russian invasion launched in February 2022. The courage, determination and resilience of the Ukrainian people have humbled and inspired all those who strive for peace and justice in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Ukraine&#8217;s 34th anniversary of independence\u00a0on 24 August,\u00a0the European Union delivered another strong signal of unwavering support by disbursing \u20ac4.05 billion to the country. This includes \u20ac3.05 billion via\u00a0the Ukraine\u00a0Facility and \u20ac1 billion through the European Commission&#8217;s exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ursula\u00a0<strong>von der Leyen<\/strong>, President of the European Commission said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs Ukraine celebrates its 34th Independence Day, the EU sends a clear message: our solidarity with Ukraine is unwavering. Today&#8217;s disbursement of over \u20ac4 billion demonstrates our staunch commitment. This new funding underlines our commitment not only to Ukraine&#8217;s recovery, but to its future as a sovereign and democratic country. Because when Ukraine is strong, Europe is stronger too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion began in February 2022, the EU and its Member States have mobilised \u20ac168.9\u00a0billion in humanitarian, financial, and military\u00a0assistance\u00a0to Ukraine and its people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Ukrainians, the national day is a reminder of their struggle for independence and their determination to preserve their sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>source: commonspace.eu\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is Ukraine&#8217;s Independence Day. The editorial team of commonspace.eu congratulate the Ukrainian People on their national holiday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-369191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115082487602899661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}