The Head of State also emphasized that Ukraine remembers all those in captivity, in temporarily occupied territories, and in Ukrainian Crimea.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored Ukrainian Muslim defenders with state awards.
In particular, he presented the Order of the Golden Star of the Hero of Ukraine to the family of fallen soldier Diliaver Seitkhaliliyev. Since March 2024, he had been carrying out combat missions as part of an assault unit in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. He took part in eliminating Russian occupiers on the outskirts of Toretsk. In January of this year, his unit came under heavy shelling near Pokrovsk. Diliaver Seitkhaliliyev saved four brothers-in-arms but sustained fatal injuries.
The President also presented warriors with the Orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III class; the Orders “For Courage,” III class; the Orders of Danylo Halytskyi; and the Medals “For Military Service to Ukraine.”
The Head of State, together with the iftar participants, viewed an art exhibition dedicated to mosques and religious centers that were destroyed as a result of Russian aggression. The event took place in a building that had been damaged last September by a Russian drone attack.