I Live for You – Ukrainian Mother’s Day Stamp Sheet, 2025

“I Live for You” is a deeply moving Ukrainian collectible dedicated to the love, strength, and sacrifice of mothers living through war. Released for Mother’s Day 2025, this Ukrainian stamp sheet honors the women who wait for their children to return from the front, remember sons and daughters who will never come home, raise children through wartime, and sometimes take up arms themselves to protect their families and country.

The sheet contains 8 Ukrainian postage stamps featuring a symbolic embrace between a mother and her soldier son — an image of love that remains stronger than distance, fear, and loss.

The Story Behind the Stamp

Mother’s Day has taken on a very different meaning in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.

For thousands of Ukrainian mothers, a phone call from a son or daughter serving at the front can be the most important moment of the day.

Some wait for messages.

Some pray for children serving in dangerous areas.

Some have become volunteers, medics, or soldiers themselves.

And some live with the memory of a child killed defending Ukraine.

The “I Live for You” stamp was created as a tribute to all of them.

Its Ukrainian title, “Я живу тобою…”, carries an especially intimate meaning — something close to:

“You are what I live for.”

It expresses the kind of love that exists between a mother and her child even when war separates them.

The Meaning Behind the Artwork

The design was created by Oleksandr Okhapkin, Honored Artist of Ukraine.

At the center is a Ukrainian mother in traditional clothing embracing a soldier.

The image is deliberately symbolic rather than simply documentary. It represents the countless reunions Ukrainian mothers dream about — and the embraces some families will never have again.

Okhapkin has explained the image as a mother embracing the soul of her fallen son, while the sun and white birds evoke longing, memory, and a bond that death cannot erase.

The associated First Day envelope presents another side of motherhood in wartime: a Ukrainian servicewoman embracing her young child. Together, the images recognize mothers both waiting at home and serving in uniform.

Mothers Who Wait, Remember, and Fight

The issue is dedicated to several experiences shared by Ukrainian mothers during the war:

• Mothers whose children serve in Ukraine’s Armed Forces
• Mothers who pray every day for their safe return
• Mothers whose sons and daughters were killed defending Ukraine
• Mothers serving in the Defense and Security Forces themselves
• Women raising children while families are separated by war

That makes this stamp sheet much more than a Mother’s Day souvenir.

It is a small record of what motherhood has meant in Ukraine during one of the most difficult periods in the country’s modern history.

Stamp Sheet Details

• 8 collectible Ukrainian postage stamps
• Official issue: I Live for You. To Mother’s Day
• Ukrainian title: Я живу тобою…
• Denomination: U
  
• Issue date: May 9, 2025
• Artist: Oleksandr Okhapkin
• Stamp size: 28 × 40 mm
• Sheet size: 135 × 107 mm
• Original print run: 320,000 stamps
• Original Ukrainian postal issue
• Made in Ukraine

The official product information confirms the 8-stamp format, U denomination, Oleksandr Okhapkin as artist, and 2025 issue. Additional philatelic specifications list catalogue No. 2187, the 28 × 40 mm stamp size, 135 × 107 mm sheet, and 320,000-stamp circulation.

A Meaningful Mother’s Day Gift From Ukraine

This stamp sheet makes a thoughtful gift for:

• Mothers with Ukrainian roots
• Ukrainian diaspora families
• Ukrainian stamp collectors
• Military families
• Supporters of Ukraine
• Collectors of modern Ukrainian history
• Mother’s Day gift collections
• Anyone looking for a small but deeply meaningful gift from Ukraine

The I Live for You Ukrainian stamp sheet is about something universal — a mother’s love for her child — told through the very particular experience of Ukraine today.

It honors women who wait, pray, remember, protect, and continue loving through war.

A small Ukrainian collectible carrying an enormous story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope.

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