On the Working day of Remembrance of the Kruty Heroes, President Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of these who died in the combat for independent Ukraine through the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, the push company of the head of condition described.

He laid bouquets at the Heroes of Kruty memorial cross in central Kyiv.

The president famous that by commemorating the Heroes of Kruty, “we keep in mind our background, we come to feel pride, we thank and aid the Ukrainian Military, and jointly we provide victory nearer.”

The ceremony was also attended by the Head of the President’s Workplace, Andriy Yermak, Secretary of the Countrywide Protection and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov, Minister of Protection Oleksii Reznikov, Commander-in-Main of the Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, and Deputy Head of Zelensky’s Office Roman Mashovets.

Flowers were also laid by the cadets of military academic amenities, in individual the Petro Sahaidachny Nationwide Academy of Land Forces, Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv Countrywide College of the Air Power, Institute of Army and Naval Forces at the Odesa Maritime Academy, Armed service Institute of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv Countrywide University, Heroes of Kruty Military services Institute of Telecommunications and Informatization, and Ivan Bohun Kyiv Military services Lyceum.

The National Anthem of Ukraine was played, just after which the soldiers of the Honors Guard carried out a solemn march before the Memorial Cross.

The Fight of Kruty took spot on Jan. 29, 1918, among Nizhyn and Bakhmach in Chernihiv location, just 130 kilometers northeast of Kyiv, during the attack on Kyiv by Bolshevik Russian troops led by Colonel Mikhail Muravyov. On the Ukrainian aspect were being just about 300 soldiers with the Students’ device, 250 with the First Ukrainian Army College, and just about 40 Haydamak fighters.

The battle lasted in the course of the day. Thanks to the beneficial position and heroism of Ukrainian fighters, they inflicted sizeable losses on the Russians and restrained the offensive right up until darkish. Then, under enemy strain, most of the units retreated in an structured method to the trains at the station nearby and left toward Kyiv, destroying the railway tracks driving them. But a group of 27 college students acquired shed in the dim and returned to the Kruty station, which at that time was presently occupied by the Bolsheviks. People 27 captured youthful gentlemen (learners and higher-schoolers) have been executed. The youngest of them ended up just 16.