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The first parade in honor of Independence Day was held on Khreschatyk Street in 1994 on the country's third anniversary. [3] The parade commander was the head of the Kyiv Military District Ivan Bizhan and inspecting the parade was the Defense Minister Vitaly Radetsky. [4]
The second parade took place on 24 August 2020 in Kyiv, marking the 29th Independence Day of Ukraine. It began in Shevchenko Park, passed through Shevchenko Boulevard, Bessarabian and European Squares and ended on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. According to media reports, at least 50,000 people took part in the parade. [18]
On 10 July 2019, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Facebook that the 2019 Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations will not include a military parade (for the first time since the parade's cancellation from 2010 to 2014) stating the following: "We have decided to allocate 300 mln hryvnias [nearly $12 mln] as bonus payments to our ...
The make-up of Russia’s annual Victory Day parade in Red Square highlighted the material and strategic communications challenges the military is facing 15 months into the war in Ukraine, it added.
Ukraine held its first military parade in several years, celebrating the 30th anniversary of its independence and declaring it would reclaim areas of its territory annexed by Russia. "We are ...
Watch a live view of Independence Square in Kyiv on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As the conflict enters its second year, there remains no end in sight, with a UN vote ...
Kyiv Independence Day Parade, including an artillery salute on Trukhaniv Island [5] and a naval parade in the Dnieper [6] Naval parade in Odesa [7] Concert by Andrea Bocelli, Tina Karol, and Jamala in Constitution Square [8] "Independence is in our DNA" festive show at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex [1]
(Reuters) - Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march-past in Kiev intended to send a message of defiance to Russia, but pro-Moscow rebels countered by parading captured ...