Ukraine’s National Day of Unity celebrates the unification of Eastern and Western Ukraine in 1919, following the end of World War I. Typically, celebrations feature carrying the national flag ...

Artists paint flowers over Ukraine war wreckage, unsettling some locals By Andrea Shalal and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey August 11, 2022 4:51 PM UTC Updated August 11, 2022 ...

Artists paint brilliant sunflowers over heaps of burnt-out cars that were destroyed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, upsetting some locals who wonder if it is too soon to beautify the wreckage of war.

Sunflowers, grown since the 1700s in Ukraine, have become the country's national flower — a symbol of Ukraine’s defiance and resilience in the war.

Fields of the shoulder-high flowers are often seen across Ukraine and Zelenskyy’s Cabinet named the flower the symbol of national Remembrance Day in 2020.

A woman takes photos in the lavender field in Dobro Park, Motyzhyn, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Despite hardships brought by war flowers fill Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

Various flowers are seen in front of a field of flags in memory of fallen fighters, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Despite hardships brought by war flowers fill Kyiv and other Ukrainian ...