KYIV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 24, 2025) (ZELENSKYY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT – RESTRICTED) RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ZELENSKYY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT” — EDITORIAL USE ONLY SHOTLIST: 1. MINI UKRAINIAN FLAG WAVING NEXT TO MEMORIAL WALL OF FALLEN SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR 2. VARIOUS OF MILITARY BAND MARCHING AND PLAYING MUSIC / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, FIRST LADY OLENA ZELENSKA AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY MARCHING AND LEAVING FLOWERS AT MEMORIAL WALL 3. SOLDIERS STANDING IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL WALL 4. CLOSE SHOT OF FLOWERS IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL WALL KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 24: Ukraine marked its 34th Independence Day with a ceremony in Kyiv on Sunday, Aug. 24, to honor those killed in the ongoing war with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, First Lady Olena Zelenska, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the tribute at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine. Wreaths and flowers were laid in remembrance of the victims of war, underscoring the human cost of the conflict as Ukraine observes its fourth Independence Day since the start of the Russian war. 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.