Ukrainian President, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday addressed the Ukrainian soldiers ahead of Armed Forces Day, which is marked on December 6, noting that for the fifth consecutive year the military celebrate their professional holiday on the frontline of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Axar.az reports citing Unian, the president stressed that "this war made us all aware of the scale of the threats to the country's security and mobilized to counter the aggressor," according to the presidential press service. "It is the Ukrainian troops and the Ukrainian army that is a reliable guarantor of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence of our state, the guarantor of the security of Ukrainian citizens," Petro Poroshenko said.

"You heroically proved yourselves defending our native Ukrainian land. You are the army that makes our state independent with your sweat and blood. It is you who demonstrate courage and self-sacrifice every day," the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces emphasized.