Ukrainians raised or displayed the blue-and-yellow national flag and sang the national anthem in honour of the Day of Unity on Wednesday.
President Volodimir Zelensky just created it as an expression of unity against the threat from neighbouring Russia.
Russia may have been planning to invade Ukraine from multiple locations at 2 a.m. our time on Wednesday, according to US intelligence sources.
Zelensky believes Russia is threatening but has repeatedly argued that Western powers exaggerate the likelihood of a Russian invasion, accusing them of creating panic. American sources and administrators, in particular, have been warning for some time that Russia is about to invade Ukraine.
Russia denies that it plans to attack the neighbouring country. However, it states that it will take technical military actions if its own safety is at stake.