Perth set to host Ukraine Independence Day event this week

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The Dnipro Kids charity chairman has successfully got the backing of his fellow Perth and Kinross councillors to mark Ukraine Independence Day.Steven Carr was elected as a Perth and Kinross councillor for the SNP in May, 2022.At a meeting of Perth and Kinross Council this week councillors unanimously agreed to hold a parade event on the North Inch on Wednesday, August 24.Strathallan councillor Steven Carr put forward the motion when councillors met on Wednesday, August 17.He called on councillors to show their continued support to the hundreds of Ukrainian people who had recently settled in Perth and Kinross.

Cllr Carr said: "Perth and Kinross Council has now welcomed over 300 displaced Ukrainians and provided them with safe homes during a time of unprecedented aggression in their own country. "For someone that has spent many years supporting Ukrainian children through the Dnipro Kids charity it fills me with pride that Perth and Kinross Council is leading the way with support for these families."On August 24, 1991 the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine was officially ratified separating Ukraine from the former Soviet Union and passing control of the country to the recently elected Verkhovna Rada."He spoke of how part of the declaration - for Ukraine to be "indivisible and inviolable" - was now under threat.

He said: "Men and women are sacrificing their lives to defend Ukraine, trying to halt the Russian aggression, Russian atrocities and the devastation caused by war. "It is impossible for us to imagine the circumstances that would cause someone to up and leave their own home with nothing more than they could carry, leaving behind friends and family and to head to a foreign land for safety not knowing if they will