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Ukrainian women help hold a giant national flag before marching down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon in a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Ukrainian women help hold a giant national flag before marching down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon in a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
People visit the memorial wall of fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
People visit the memorial wall of fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
A Ukrainian soldier cries after returning from captivity following a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
A Ukrainian soldier cries after returning from captivity following a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
A girl stands in front of a Romanian flag during a a gathering of people to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
A girl stands in front of a Romanian flag during a a gathering of people to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People march down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon carrying a giant Ukrainian flag during a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
People march down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon carrying a giant Ukrainian flag during a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People hold signs at Warsaw's Castle Square to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People hold signs at Warsaw's Castle Square to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People take part in a gathering to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People take part in a gathering to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People gather to celebrate the Ukraine's Independence Day at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People gather to celebrate the Ukraine's Independence Day at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People attend a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
People attend a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A man takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower illuminated with the colours of Ukraine in honor of it's Independence Day, in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A man takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower illuminated with the colours of Ukraine in honor of it's Independence Day, in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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2:58 PM on Sunday, August 24

By The Associated Press

Ukraine marked Independence Day, commemorating its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Pope Leo XIV prayed for peace in Ukraine as he marked the country’s Independence Day with a special appeal during his weekly noon blessing.

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