Posted on Aug 24, 2022
Kyiv hosts a different kind of parade to celebrate Ukraine's independence day
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Ukraine's independence day celebrations won't have the usual fanfare as Russia persists in its invasion.
Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year also marks six months since the war began.
Perhaps the most striking departure from past festivities has to do with the parade.
Ukraine's independence day celebrations won't have the usual fanfare as Russia persists in its invasion.
Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year also marks six months since the war began.
Perhaps the most striking departure from past festivities has to do with the parade.
Kyiv hosts a different kind of parade to celebrate Ukraine's independence day
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...""I think we can only celebrate once we win," Valentyn Paska, a Kyiv resident, told NPR. "I'm just going to work that day."
Instead, the military will conduct private flag-raising ceremonies, and some of the capital's monuments will be illuminated in blue and yellow, the flag's colors."
...""I think we can only celebrate once we win," Valentyn Paska, a Kyiv resident, told NPR. "I'm just going to work that day."
Instead, the military will conduct private flag-raising ceremonies, and some of the capital's monuments will be illuminated in blue and yellow, the flag's colors."
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