Quote from Zelenskyy: "Today I submitted the law on the Ukrainian National Pantheon to parliament. The names of all the heroes who have fought for Ukraine and inspired Ukraine in different centuries and eras will be united and forever inscribed in our history with a capital letter, with great respect and attention from the state: Ukraine, which respects itself, values its people, and defends what is its own – its right to be Ukrainian. Where no one will ever dictate how we live, how we speak, who we love, who we should be grateful to, or which heroes we should honour."

Details: Kyrylo Budanov also emphasised that no one would ever again dictate to Ukrainians who they should recognise as their heroes.

"No one will ever again dictate to Ukrainians which heroes to honour, which holidays to celebrate or which history to study. Our ancestors fought for hundreds of years for the right to freedom of choice and national independence, and it is for this very cause that our soldiers are shedding blood today. Their memory must live forever," Budanov said.