Halya Coynash: Raising the Ukrainian flag Volodymyr Rybak and many others died for

The 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence would have been a very special date under any circumstances. After Maidan and then Russia’s invasion, that anniversary and the Day of the Ukrainian Flag have become imbued with acute poignancy. It was therefore fitting that the Ukrainian Flag on Tuesday was raised by the President and the daughter of Volodymyr Rybak, the Horlivka councillor murdered for defending that very flag.