Armoured vehicles and soldiers, some of them hardened in battle, paraded on Kyiv's main square on Aug. 24 to mark Independence Day in a defiant show of the military force Ukraine's government hopes will defeat pro-Russian separatists in the east.
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The Telegraph: Ukraine’s soldiers parade for Independence Day as tensions rise in east (VIDEO)
Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, oversaw a military parade in Kyiv to mark Independence Day.
