Land Forces Day Wishes

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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. Other professional dates for the year are in our calendar of professional holidays in Ukraine.

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

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.

How to support defenders on this day

• Write personally — a short message to a soldier you know means more than a social media post.
• Donate to a unit — fundraisers by brigades and trusted foundations help those serving now.
• Send a parcel — treats, warm clothes, letters and children's drawings bring joy at the front.
• Support the families — flowers and attention for defenders' mothers, wives and children matter too.
• Remember the fallen — a moment of silence and words of gratitude for those who gave their lives for Ukraine.

What to write on a card with flowers

• Happy birthday! May this bouquet remind you how many people love you.
• For the best moments of the year — flowers, sincere words and hugs.
• May every day be as bright as this bouquet.
• Happy birthday! Wishing you health, peace and joy in the little things.

Sign the card by hand: even two lines in your handwriting mean more than a long printed message.

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.

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See thank-you flowers and yellow roses.

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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.

Author: Maria Svitlovir

Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.

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