During the war, culture is even more important than in peace - Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Taras Shevchenko National Prize

During the war, people who tell about Ukraine are important during the war, they keep the memory of everything that the Ukrainian people pass, and they revive what gives people strength. This was emphasized by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in a speech at the Taras Shevchenko National Prize ceremony in 2024. “During the war, even more than in peace, we all have to remember that culture matters. And people of culture matter. All who speak about Ukraine. He voices what is on the heart.

Keeps everything we go. It revives what could be forgotten, but - updated - gives people strength, gives emotions, ”the President said. The head of state noted that the Ukrainians went a long way to become a nation, the creators of their culture, the state and their own fate. “In order for the human community to become a nation and the state, the best characters in the country should have such hearts that have to live only for themselves. Such hearts speak to those nearby. Care.

Teach - learn to understand. Combine. Protect. When necessary - rescued. And as a result, we all recognize each other, hear each other, feel that we are Ukrainians, Ukrainian women, ”the head of state emphasized. According to Vladimir Zelensky, this was made possible by not only the power of our weapons, but also the power of our people's hearts. “Which in Mariupol in the worst days they understand: what they see, they have to take off, save in order to tell the world.

Is a person who does not want the human memory to lose the way on Bakhmut or experienced in Skadovsk, now temporarily occupied. And what feels: should write it down, rhyme this moment, rhyme this pain. Or an artist who believes that people of Ukraine, killed in this war, will be preserved in the emotions of those who are alive. And who says about it with your music.

To make everyone living in Ukraine, what is this land, what its people are about, what the thoughts of mom, who here in Ukraine, is waiting for a son or daughter, ”the President emphasized. Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to everyone and everyone who lives not only for themselves, but also cares for people and the whole Ukrainian state. “I thank you, thank everyone who is now at the front and with those at the front.