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  2. Kyiv Independence Day Parade - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. March of the Defenders - Wikipedia

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    On 10 July 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Facebook that the Independence Day celebrations will not include the annual Kyiv Independence Day Parade. [5] Zelenskyy also stated "We have decided to allocate ₴300 million (nearly $12 million) as bonus payments to our servicemen, i.e. fixed-term soldiers, cadets ...

  4. 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    This was a large military parade held on Maidan Nezalezhnosti with the participation of the Kyiv Garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as well as the Internal Troops of Ukraine. It was held in the same format as the annual Kyiv Independence Day Parade, including the traditional flag raising ceremony to the tune of Shche ne vmerla Ukraina.

  5. Ukraine marks Independence Day vowing to reclaim annexed ...

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    Relations between Kyiv and Moscow collapsed after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and the outbreak of war between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine that ...

  6. Independence Day of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks ...

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    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukraine said the 115 Ukrainian servicemen who were freed were conscripts, many of whom were taken prisoner in the first months of Russia’s invasion.

  8. Ukraine's largest music festival returns with a break from ...

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    July 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — This year, Ukraine’s largest music festival struck a different chord. ... While Ukrainian soldiers are killed and wounded every day along the ...

  9. Maidan Nezalezhnosti - Wikipedia

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    The square received its current name on 26 August 1991, two days after the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, during the collapse of the Soviet Union.. Maidan is a Ukrainian word for 'square, open space', with widely used equivalents in the Middle East and South Asia to refer to an open space in or near a town, used as a parade ground or for events such as public meetings.