August 24 – Independence Day of Ukraine

1991, August 24 – an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Proclamation of Independence and two resolutions: On the Proclamation of Independence of Ukraine (with the appointment of a republican referendum on the confirmation of the Act of Independence for December 1) and On Military Formations in Ukraine (regarding the formation of the Ministry of Defense and the subordination of all military formations deployed on the territory of the republic to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine). «For» the declaration of independence […]