A petition was submitted to Zelensky’s website asking that the May 9 celebration not be cancelled

Moscow, February 17 – A petition asking not to cancel the celebration of May 9, to leave this date as an official holiday was added to the website of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.

“Veterans, home front workers, victims of concentration camps are gone, a generation is gone, only one thing remains – the memory of difficult battles, hard work and a great victory. Based on the above, May 9 in Ukraine was considered an official day off and a day off, ”it says in The text of the petition is on the website of Zelensky’s office.

The petition was registered on Thursday. She won about 80 of the 25,000 votes required to be considered by Zelensky.

Earlier, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada registered a bill, according to which it is proposed to cancel the celebration of March 8, May 1 and Victory Day in Ukraine.