A military parade on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Ukraine's independence was held on Kyiv's Khreshchatyk Street on August 24, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes Ukraine will regain sovereignty over the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The musicians of the U.S. military band who came to the Ukrainian capital City of Kyiv to play at the Independence Day military parade have performed in a city pub, according to the TV news service TSN.
Some 231 servicemen from other countries on August 24 will take part in the military parade on the occasion of Independence Day celebrations in Ukraine, presidential adviser Yuriy Biryukov wrote on Facebook.
At least 700 people came to the territory of the Antonov factory airfield near the city of Kyiv for another rehearsal of the Independence Day military parade, TSN news service reported.
A military parade was staged in the center of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on May 9 on the occasion of Victory Day.
Despite uncharacteristically cold and rainy conditions for this time of year, Russia's annual Victory Day military parade proceeded through central Moscow as planned. But one critical feature of the parade, the air force flyover, has been cancelled, according to The Moscow Times.
North Korea on Saturday unveiled what appears to be its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), staging a large-scale military parade in Pyongyang amid increased military tensions on the peninsula, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.