{"id":77506,"date":"2025-05-11T11:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T11:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservative.org.ua\/2025\/05\/11\/diu-chief-budanov-on-mother-s-day-the-first-call-after-a-battle-is-always-to-mom\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:01:12","slug":"diu-chief-budanov-on-mother-s-day-the-first-call-after-a-battle-is-always-to-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservative.org.ua\/en\/2025\/05\/11\/diu-chief-budanov-on-mother-s-day-the-first-call-after-a-battle-is-always-to-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"DIU Chief Budanov on Mother’s Day: “The first call after a battle is always to mom”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov addressed <\/a>Ukrainians on the occasion of Mother’s Day, emphasizing the special role of mothers in the life of every defender.<\/p>\n\n

“Holy Ukraine, mother of heroes! Happy Mother’s Day, Ukrainians!” – the head of the military intelligence began his greeting with these words.<\/p>\n\n

In his address, Budanov emphasized the importance of family ties for soldiers at the front. “Among all the knowledge in our memory, the most reliable place is occupied by a combination of several digits – the phone number of a family member,” he said. <\/p>\n\n

“The first call after a difficult battle or after a difficult captivity is always to your mother. There are no better moments than those when life, goodness, love and faith triumph over death and darkness,” the DIU chief emphasized.<\/p>\n\n

Budanov also expressed his gratitude to the mothers who raised the current generation of defenders: “Mom, your sons and daughters in the armed struggle are strong, dignified and honest with themselves, as you taught them since childhood.”<\/p>\n\n

Special attention was paid to the mothers of the fallen soldiers: “Let us support today and always the mothers who lost their children in the war – Ukraine is standing only because of the son or daughter of someone’s mother, whose most precious possessions were taken away by the Russian occupiers.”<\/p>\n\n

Concluding his address, Budanov quoted Taras Shevchenko: “And there will be a son, and there will be a mother, and there will be people on earth!” and emphasized that the struggle continues “for all our mothers, for the unbroken cycle of Ukraine’s free existence.”<\/p>\n\n

As a reminder, Mother’s Day is celebrated in Ukraine every year on the second Sunday of May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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