in april 2022, more than 20 deputies led by volodymyr vietrovych registered draft law number 7297 on amendments to some laws of ukraine regarding the perpetuation of the victory over nazism in the second world war. provided for canceling victory day on may 9, moving the day off to may 8, establishing a new public holiday commemorating the victory over nazism in world war ii, and also recommended to president volodymyr zelensky to declare may 9 as europe day, however, the approval of the project crashed due to blocking by the bank. the reasons for this position of the president and his office are still unknown, but the initiative was delayed for more than a year. on may 8, 2023, president volodymyr zelenskyy submitted a proposed document to the verkhovna rada. practically the same as vitorovich's project. he filed a statement to withdraw his draft law and called on fellow deputies to support the president's draft, recalling the words of stepan bandera. our victory is the victory of our ideas. ema stednyk, espresso tv channel. well, and accordingly today president of ukraine volodymyr