SHOTLIST:

LVIV, UKRAINE (AUG. 24, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS, SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS, AND RELATIVES OF FALLEN UKRAINIAN TROOPS AT LYCHAKIV CEMETERY FOR MEMORIAL CEREMONY

2. SOLDIERS SHOOTING INTO AIR TO HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS

3. ARMY BAND PLAYING IN CEMETERY

4. VARIOUS OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRAYING, CHURCH CHOIR SINGING

5. VARIOUS OF CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS LEAVING FLOWERS AT GRAVES, CHOIR SINGING

6. VARIOUS OF CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS LEAVING HUNDREDS OF UKRAINIAN FLAGS AT GRAVES, PRAYING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES LVIV, UKRAINE - AUG. 24: Many civilians, soldiers, and relatives of fallen fighters gathered at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, on Sunday, Aug. 24, to commemorate Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day.

Participants laid flowers and paid tribute to the soldiers of Ukraine who died in the war with Russia.

This year marks the fourth Independence Day Ukrainians have observed since the start of the Russian war.

An official ceremony was held at Sophia Square in the capital Kyiv with the attendance of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine's Independence Day is celebrated annually on Aug. 24 and marks the day when the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the country's Declaration of Independence.