Zelenskyy honors memory of Heavenly Hundred Heroes

On the Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the memory of activists who died during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014. It was announced by the Office of the President, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska put lamps near the memorial cross on the Alley of  the Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Kyiv, where mass shootings of participants of the Revolution of Dignity took place in February 2014.

The President and the First Lady also paid tribute to the fallen Heavenly Hundred Heroes near their portraits.

"Ukrainians always defend what is theirs. They defend independence. Dignity. The right to a free life. It was the people who won freedom for Ukraine. Ordinary people who care about what will happen to Ukraine and how Ukrainian children will live. We remember what it cost in 2014. We honor the courage of every participant in the Revolution of Dignity, of all those who did not leave the Maidan so that Ukraine would not be left without freedom. May the memory of all the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and every Ukrainian man and woman who gave their lives for Ukraine to be free be bright," Zelenskyy wrote on social media.

The event was also attended by 49 representatives of foreign missions accredited in Ukraine.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, February 20 is celebrated annually as the Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes in accordance with the Presidential Decree of February 11, 2015.

On this day, Ukraine honors the memory of citizens who were killed during the Revolution of Dignity (November 2013 - February 2014), defending democratic values and ideals, human rights and freedoms.

On February 20, 2014, the largest number of people were killed in the center of the capital of Ukraine - 48.