• In view of the mortal danger surrounding Ukraine in connection with the state coup in the USSR on August 19, 1991,
• continuing the thousand-year tradition of state building in Ukraine,
• based on the right of a nation to self-determination in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other international legal documents, and
• realizing the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine, the Supreme Soviet solemnly.

DECLARES

THE INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE AND THE CREATION OF

AN INDEPENDENT UKRAINIAN STATE

- UKRAINE.

The territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable.

From this day forward, on the territory of Ukraine only the Constitution and laws of Ukraine are valid.

This act becomes effective at the moment of its approval.

SUPREME SOVIET OF UKRAINE
August 24, 1991