New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The Ukrainian Embassy in New Delhi on Saturday celebrated its National Flag Day with a flag-hoisting ceremony and cultural gathering.

Dressed in traditional white attire, members of the embassy hoisted the blue-and-yellow national flag and sang the Ukrainian national anthem together.

Sharing the moment on X (formerly Twitter), the embassy wrote, 'Today we proudly celebrate the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine . May it always fly high as a sign of Ukraine's unwavering spirit and commitment to peace. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!'

Ukraine observes its Independence Day on August 24.

Ahead of the occasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also shared a message on National Flag Day. He wrote his X account, 'Today is an important day - a day of one of our strongest emotions: the feeling you get when you are at home, or when you recognise your own people and what comes from your homeland'

'This very flag embodies a feeling of deliverance for those we bring back from Russian captivity. When they see the Ukrainian colours, they understand: the evil is over... This flag represents everything dearest to hundreds of thousands of our warriors - men and women from all over Ukraine, who are defending not just one particular direction, but our entire Ukraine, ' Zelenskyy added.

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Last week, President Zelenskyy also extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India on the country's 79th Independence Day. He expressed hope that India would play an important role in global peace efforts, especially in ending the ongoing war.

Prime Minister Modi responded with warm wishes, thanking Zelenskyy for his greetings. In a post on X, he wrote, 'Thank you President Zelenskyy for your warm greetings. I deeply value the joint commitment to forging even closer ties between India and Ukraine. We earnestly wish our friends in Ukraine a future marked by peace, progress and prosperity.'

This comes amid ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia over the past three and a half years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also met U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington along with other EU leaders to discuss peace terms with Russia. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a summit in Anchorage, Alaska, aimed at reaching a peace arrangement between the two nations, an effort strongly backed by Washington. (ANI)