# Drama, determination and risk: Remembering how Ukraine’s independence unfolded

https://mins.news/en/item/30626

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-24 13:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/drama-determination-and-risk-remembering-how-ukraines-independence-unfolded/

> On Aug. 24, 1991, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted the Declaration of Independence, while making its final effect conditional on a Dec. 1 referendum. The authors recall Rukh’s role, the 1990 human chain from Lviv to Kyiv, and the conditions the United States wanted before recognizing independence.