Dear friends and colleagues!

The Day of Defenders of Ukraine has become a true national holiday. After all, to defend your country, you don’t necessarily have to serve in in the Army or in the Security Service of Ukraine.

Ukrainians have proven to the whole world that anyone can become a defender. If not with weapons, then definitely with love for our Homeland, which gave us life, liberty of choice and freedom.

Soldiers at the front, medics in the hospitals, volunteers in constant fundraising - everyone, without hesitation, every day contributes to Our Victory.

Together, we are a monolithic and unbreakable force. That is why our enemy is at war not with an army, but with the entire Ukrainian nation.

Every war crime of the occupiers resonates in us with boundless rage. It encourages us to chase the enemy out of our Homeland: where free Ukrainian Cossacks lived for centuries is no place for russian invaders.

We remember everyone who gave their lives for Ukraine’s freedom and independence. These are the Heroes whose names will live forever in our hearts while we will continue to fight until complete Victory!

I congratulate everyone who daily defends Ukraine in word and deed, with heart and with weapons!

Our unity and faith will bring the desired result: liberation of territories, return of Ukrainian flags to Crimea, Mariupol, Kherson and all other Ukrainian cities and villages. And after the Victory we will build back our Homeland together and make it prosperous!

Glory to Ukraine!

Vasyl Maliuk

Acting Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

Brigadier General