Ukrainians in New York commemorate anniversary of Russia’s invasion: ‘three years of our resistance’

<p>City officials at flag raising ceremony gave speeches in support of Ukraine and Zelenskyy after his spat with Trump</p><p>New York City officials, foreign dignitaries and members of the city’s Ukrainian community gathered in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</a> on Monday to raise the Ukrainian flag above lower Manhattan, marking three years since <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia">Russia</a> began its full-scale invasion of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">Ukraine</a>.</p><p>The anniversary this year follows escalating tensions between <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a>. Last week, the US president falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/ukraine-zelenskyy-says-trump-living-in-russian-disinformation-bubble">labeled Zelenskyy as “a dictator”</a>, while the Ukrainian president expressed frustration over being excluded from US-Russia negotiations to end the war and accused Trump of living <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/kyivs-white-house-wooing-implodes-as-zelenskyy-tells-the-truth-about-trump">in a Kremlin “disinformation bubble</a>”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/ukraine-russia-war-new-york-flag-raising">Continue reading...</a>