Sergii Koretskyi: The Territorial Defense Forces have become an experienced combat component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi congratulated representatives of a wide range of civilian professions who joined the ranks of the Territorial Defense Forces in the first days of the full-scale invasion and thwarted the enemy's plans for a quick seizure of Ukraine:

"Entrepreneurs, engineers, IT specialists, teachers, doctors, journalists, drivers: people of different professions who joined the Territorial Defense in the first days of the full-scale invasion.

You were among the first to meet the enemy and repel it's assault near Kyiv and Chernihiv, in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, preventing Russia from carrying out its plan for a quick seizure of Ukraine.

Over the years of the full-scale war, the Territorial Defense Forces have become an integral and experienced combat component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Today, TDF soldiers carry out combat missions along various sections of the front, apply innovative technologies, and effectively destroy the enemy.

Thank you for your service and for defending our country!

We remember the TDF soldiers who gave their lives for the independence of our state.

Congratulations on the Territorial Defense Forces Day of Ukraine!"