The blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag flew proudly outside Brandon City Hall on Sunday afternoon, as the local Ukrainian community gathered to mark Ukrainian Independence Day.

The event featured the raising of the nation’s flag in solidarity with those defending Ukraine’s sovereignty since the ongoing war in Ukraine erupted more than three and a half years ago with Russia’s invasion.

Today, the nation is fighting for its independence, as ancestors did centuries ago, local Ukrainian-Canadian association Tryzub co-founder Julia Krykavska said at the event.

“Our brothers and sisters in Ukraine right now are defending their rights to live in a free land, to live in the land God gave us,” she said. “Ukrainian independence is important to every one of us, because in our hearts, no matter

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