how does poltava celebrate despite the war, ask your colleague anna morozova. anya, my congratulations and tell me and our viewers what events are planned and why you decided to change the date? greetings from poltava, yes. indeed, earlier the day of the city was celebrated in our country on september 23, this date was defined by soviet propaganda as the day of poltava's liberation from world war ii. as a result, last year poltava finally took a step towards cleansing itself of the propagandist holidays imposed by the soviet authorities, and today celebrates the city's day on june 29 for the first time. it the date of the first mention of the city in the ipatiiv annals, it was chosen by the townspeople during electronic voting. today is solemn. we do not have these celebrations, the emphasis is on volunteer activities, open meetings of the military and needs. at 9:00 a.m. today , a general national moment of silence took place, during which all traffic was stopped in memory of the victims. later in the morning, we had a free trolley tour of poltava, and today t