Ozerov: cancel holiday on February 23 in Ukraine - a new step towards the division
Canceling the celebration of the day of defender of the Fatherland day on 23 February, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has made another step towards the division of the Ukrainian people, says the head of the Federation Council defense and security Viktor Ozerov.
the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has established a new state holiday - Day of the defender of Ukraine, which will be celebrated every year on October 14. The same decree He has abrogated the decree own predecessor, Leonid Kuchma, in which the country on February 23, as in the Russian Federation, noted defender of the Fatherland Day.
" By his decree Poroshenko pulls the memory of the best representatives of the Ukrainian people, the current head in the battle against fascism. This is the next step to the betrayal of the nation and its schism " - He said at a meeting of the Federation Council on Wednesday.
He said that on October 14, has always been celebrated in Ukraine de jure as the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks, and de facto radicals used this Day to celebrate the development of the Ukrainian insurgent army, " that is, Bandera ".
" The Ukrainian authorities, unleashing a war against its own people, trying to erase from the memory of new generations indissoluble spiritual and historical ties between our peoples, " said the Senator. In addition, He said, Poroshenko forgot that on October 14 marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Zaporozhye, the capital of the Cossacks, from the German-fascist invaders.
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