New Yorkers united Wednesday to honor Ukraine on the country's Independence Day exactly six months after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.

At Central Park in Manhattan, hundreds of people joined together and waved a giant Ukrainian flag, which organizers say is the world’s largest.

The Empire State Building also showed its support for the European country, announcing that the structure will shine yellow and blue — the colors of the Ukrainian flag — Wednesday night in partnership with the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York.

In Brooklyn, the corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue was co-named Ukrainian Way. Activists, leaders and politicians came together for a ceremony that featured children from a local Ukrainian school singing songs from the nation.

And a day prior, Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 as Ukrainian Heritage Day in the city during a speech at Bowling Green Park in Manhattan.

“Over 150,000 residents of Ukrainian ancestry live here,” Adams said. “So it's an honor to stand here in solidarity of your 31 years of independence and raise this flag.”

The city has a large population of Ukrainians, many of whom live in Brighton Beach and Little Ukraine in the East Village.

As people across the city celebrated Ukraine's Independence Day, the war-torn country was attacked once again by Russia. A Russian missile hit a train station in central Ukraine, killing at least 22 people and injuring 50, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday.

It was one of the deadliest strikes on the country’s transportation system since an April rocket strike on a crowded train platform killed more than 50 people in eastern Ukraine.