Zelensky leads National Flag Day ceremony in Kyiv with European leaders

newsAug 23, 2026251,710

President Volodymyr Zelensky led Ukraine’s National Flag Day raising ceremony in Kyiv on Aug. 23, joined by top state officials and visiting leaders from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway. Zelensky highlighted the historic 1991 Flag of Independence, carried into the Verkhovna Rada after Ukraine’s Aug. 24, 1991 declaration, and called the flag “our true amulet” while saying Russia’s 2014 and 2022 invasions aim to erase Ukraine’s symbols and existence. He said the attacks are driven by “the maniacal dream of one person” and vowed the Kremlin will fail. Attending Ukrainian officials included Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi, Presidential Office Head Kyrylo Budanov, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara, and others. Zelensky thanked Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre for joining. The six Nordic and Baltic leaders arrived that morning for an NB8 summit and a Coalition of the Willing meeting and will hold bilateral and multilateral talks over a two-day visit spanning Flag Day and Independence Day.

Illia Ponomarenko

@ioponomarenko.bsky.social

Happy, happy, happy Ukrainian Flag Day! This day belongs to you, too, dear supporters of Ukraine around the world.

5516h ago

Lysander #ShowTrumpTheRedCard 🟥6

And to you and all Ukrainians too Illia! 💙💛🙌

Shortbreadfairy©️3

The day is Ukraines & always will be

The BNK3R2

Happy Flag Day! Took this yesterday in my country because it made me think of the flag.

dequette.bsky.social1

Glory to Ukraine forever 🇺🇦

kees82.bsky.social1

From the borders to the sea, ukraine will be free!

Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪1

🇺🇦 And many happy returns to you! 💙💛

NOELREPORTS

@noelreports.com

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda arrived in Kyiv for a two-day visit ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day. He will meet Zelensky, attend Flag Day and Independence Day events, hold talks with Nordic and Baltic allies and join a Coalition of the Willing meeting. #Ukraine

2247h ago

UNITED24

@u24.gov.ua

The Ukrainian flag has become a symbol of hope and resilience that is dear to millions of people in Ukraine and beyond. It can appear in all shapes and sizes — wherever you go and whenever you want to see it. Happy National Flag Day🇺🇦

1797h ago

Gundel6

Even in games. Ukraine is everywhere. 💙💛

Eric Gélinas6

So true. The blue and yellow is hope and love. In my area people smile to me when I wear Ukrainians t-shirt.

J Hogenboom4

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, spring 2022.

marc 🇪🇺3

From my backyard. I wish we could do more. bsky.app/profile/mban...

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦

@maks23.bsky.social

🇺🇦 On the eve of the National Flag Day of Ukraine, border guards of Odesa detachment raised a blue-yellow flag over the Black Sea using a drone. The flag measuring 12 by 6 meters was unfurled over the Black Sea.

1614h ago

Barry W1

😊👍Happy Flag Day Maks 💙💛 That's a pretty strong drone!

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Melody Lee Lacy3

Drone Capabilities! Raise the flag on Flag Day! You are the reason for this performance because you gave to the Wild Hornets for drone development! Never have so few developed such powerful capabilities so fast! Give again and Defeat Russia! @wildhornets.bsky.social Giving links in their bio.

The Ukrainian Review

@theukrainianreview.bsky.social

🇺🇦 Today is National Flag of Ukraine Day! Behind these colors are our home, cities, people, memories. In recent years, the flag has become a symbol not just of the state, but of struggle. Behind it is a lot of blood, memory, pain and people who gave everything so that it would remain Ukrainian.

1287h ago

Tim White

@twmcltd.bsky.social

By the way, it's already Sunday in Ukraine, which means it's Flag Day. If you have any flags, or stickers, badges, wear them or show them off in the next 24 hours.. and Independence Day follow on Monday, celebrating 35 years free of Moscow's tyranny.

7414h ago

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Mad Makhno🏴‍☠️ Antifa Fella6

Congrats on 35 years of independence! Here's to many more! Thanks for all you do @twmcltd.bsky.social!

Roman Sheremeta

@rshereme.bsky.social

Today is russia’s national flag day. And Ukrainian worries are sending their regards.

5321h ago

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦

@eugenemcparland.bsky.social

For the Day of the National Flag and Independence Day, we raised over the stations of Kyiv Lviv and Uzhhorod the flags that were brought from the #Ukraine cities where the battles for our homeland are ongoing today. ukrainianrailways / Instagram

388h ago

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦9

August 23 and 24 at the southern station Kyiv flag from Pokrovsk, at the station in Lviv - from Lyman, and in Uzhhorod - from Konstantinívka.

OSINTRadar

@osintradar.bsky.social

🇺🇦 Today is National Flag Day in the country of a heroic and unbreakable nation. This flag will be everywhere it is meant to be by law.

517h ago

Euromaidan Press

@euromaidanpress.bsky.social

Today, 23 August, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day. On the eve, Odesa border guards sent a drone over the Black Sea carrying a blue-and-yellow flag 12 by 6 meters and unfurled it above open water—the largest ever raised by drone over Odesa Oblast. 📹 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

302h ago

24Hours Ukraine

@24hoursukraine.bsky.social

Happy National Flag Day of Ukraine! The Colors of Freedom 🇺🇦

304h ago

Пангея 🇺🇦

@pangeaua.bsky.social

Today is the Day of National Flag. I'm so proud to be Ukrainian, and thankful to all of my ancestors that I was born in independent Ukraine. Love you, my Motherland! 🇺🇦 #Ukrainianview

226h ago

NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade

@69thsb.bsky.social

🇺🇦 Today, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day! A symbol of freedom, resilience, and the fight for a future without russian occupation Blue skies. Golden fields💙💛 Stand with Ukraine!

263h ago

Mikko Raumala2

#Ukraine Happy National Flag Day!

Stef_Soren1

Happy national flag day ❤️Ukraine.

sianushka.bsky.social

@sianushka.bsky.social

Happy Flag Day to Ukraine! Slava Ukraini! Photo: Kharkiv, last Nov

277h ago

Melody Lee Lacy

@melodyleelacy.bsky.social

Ukraine Flag Day Today! Wear 💛 and 💙 with your camo! Two massive jet powered Russian drones fell within five minutes Because you gave! Do it again! Beat Russia to bankrupt the propaganda machine that controls the US.

226h ago

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