People in Ukraine are marking the country's separation from the former Soviet Union.
ウクライナの人々は、ウクライナの離脱の日を迎えています、旧ソビエト連邦からの。
But Independence Day this year has a different tone and tension in the air, as the holiday falls on the half-year mark since Russia began its invasion.
“We've been holding on for six months. It is difficult for us, but we clenched our fists fighting for our fate. Each new day is a new reason not to give up, because having gone through so much, we have no right not to reach the end. What is the end of the war for us? We used to say 'peace.' Now we say 'victory.'”