Ukrainian Land Forces Day is celebrated every year on 12 December. The holiday was established by a presidential decree in 1997. The Land Forces are the largest branch of the Armed Forces: mechanised and tank brigades, artillery, army air defence, engineers, signallers and logistics. They hold most of the front line. Below are short and formal Land Forces Day wishes, words from family and comrades, thanks to the infantry, poems and ways to support the soldiers.

More for defenders: Armed Forces Day wishes (6 December), Defenders Day wishes, Navy Day wishes.

The largest branch of the Armed Forces

Short Land Forces Day wishes

Happy Land Forces Day! Thank you for holding our land. Come home alive.
Happy holiday! Good health, endurance and a reliable shoulder beside you.
Happy Land Forces Day! May every metre of our land come home together with you.
Thanks to the infantry, tank crews, gunners and everyone on the ground. Happy holiday!

From family

Son, we are proud of you every day. Take care and remember: you are loved and awaited at home.
My love, every call from you is a celebration for me. May your guardian angel cover you. I am waiting!

For comrades

Brothers, happy holiday! May the vehicles start first time, the trenches stay dry and rotation come on time.
Thank you for being there on the hardest days. We hold together!

Formal wishes

Dear servicemembers of the Ukrainian Land Forces, please accept our sincere congratulations on your professional holiday. Your resilience on the front line secures our country's independence and future.
We wish you good health, strength of spirit, successful missions and victory.

Thanks to the infantry

Thank you for every day we live safely behind the lines. It is your work in the cold, mud and shelling.
Eternal memory to the Land Forces soldiers who gave their lives for Ukraine.

Land Forces Day poems

You hold our land just like a shield
Through winter snow and foggy days;
May fortune guard you in the field
And bring you home by safest ways.

For every metre of our land,
For every dawn that brings no pain,
We thank you all, our steadfast band,
And wait to see you home again!

How to support the soldiers

The best support is a donation to a specific brigade, warm clothes, generators, tourniquets and drones. Soldiers' families value attention: a call, help around the house, flowers for no reason. For veterans and those on leave, a bright bouquet says they were awaited.

Red roses and chrysanthemums — A bright bouquet for a defender on leave

See thank-you flowers and yellow roses.

101 yellow roses — Yellow roses to thank a soldier's family

FAQ

When is Ukrainian Land Forces Day?

Every year on 12 December.

Who established the holiday?

A decree of the President of Ukraine in 1997.

How is it different from Armed Forces Day?

Armed Forces Day (6 December) honours the whole military, while 12 December is specifically for the Land Forces.

Assault operations are often led by paratroopers, greeted on 21 November: Air Assault Forces Day wishes.

Many brigades grew out of volunteer battalions. They are honoured on 14 March: Ukrainian Volunteer Day wishes.

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Author: Maria Svitlovir

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