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The remains of the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Colonel of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic Yevhen Konovalets were reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery near Kyiv. This was reported by Susplivne.
The ceremony was attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretzky, Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga, and a number of other politicians and military personnel.
In his speech, Volodymyr Zelensky said that today “we return home a prominent son of the Ukrainian people,” thanking patriots who “for decades guarded the memory of Konovalets” and everyone for whom the return of the colonel to Ukraine was a “matter of honor.”
— Konovalets was born at a time when foreign states and empires ruled on Ukrainian land. His entire conscious life he fought for Ukraine to be restored and to be a truly independent force. He knew that a strong state requires a strong army and was the organizer of the Ukrainian military, whose exploits continue to inspire all our warriors, — he stated.
However, according to the president, Ukraine at that time “could not assert itself,” because, as he put it, “unity was lacking, wisdom among political leaders of that era was lacking, and the ability to build real connections with the world was lacking.”
— But the time of Ukraine has arrived, independence has been restored, we have defended Ukraine’s right to be itself. And no one will remove from Kyiv the blue-and-yellow flags and only our state, and only Ukraine will choose its national path, — said the head of state.
In May, the remains of OUN leader Colonel of the UPR Army Andriy Melnyk and his wife Sofiya were reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
11 In August in Rotterdam, the exhumation of Yevhen Konovalets’s remains took place. 13 In August, they were brought to Ukraine for reburial.
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