read out the text: “In view of the mortal danger hanging over Ukraine in connection with the coup d’état of 19 August 1991 in the USSR, and continuing the thousand-year tradition of state-building in Ukraine, . . . the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic solemnly declares the independence of Ukraine and the creation of an independent Ukrainian state—Ukraine . . . . This act takes effect from the moment of its approval.”30 Kravchuk asked the deputies to vote.
