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This week marks Ukraine's Independence Day, which was celebrated over the weekend with a display through the streets of Kyiv of Russian tanks that had been captured or destroyed after the invasion.
\u201cUkraine\u2019s parade of destroyed Russian tanks in central Kyiv proved a big hit today\u201d— Business Ukraine mag (@Business Ukraine mag) 1661034079
Ukraine, which gained independence in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union, has been fighting nonstop since March against Russian forces attempting to take back the country.
Ahead of the parade, Ukraine staged the tanks in the central street for anyone to look at them. The parade then formed around them.
\u201cPutin dreamed of Russian tanks in the heart of Kyiv but this is not what he had in mind! Ukrainians are trolling the Russian dictator by exhibiting his captured tanks on Khreshchatyk, the central boulevard of the Ukrainian capital (Photo: Oleksandr Zinchenko)\u201d— Business Ukraine mag (@Business Ukraine mag) 1661005500
\u201c'Dead Russian Tanks' parade in center of Kyiv, #Ukraine\n\nAfter "Taking Kyiv in three days", russians were planning a parade on Hreshatik, downtown Kyiv. Instead Ukrainians made a parade of destroyed #RussianArmy equipment.\n\n\ud83d\udcf9 By Ed Quinn (FNTV https://t.co/MKhP0Go9IL)\u201d— Oliya Scootercaster (@Oliya Scootercaster) 1661007993
\u201cUkraine mocks Russia with Kyiv 'parade' of captured tanks and trucks https://t.co/JvB2iFkN3V\u201d— New York Post (@New York Post) 1661027472
\u201cThis display of captured and destroyed Russian tanks is attracting large crowds on Kyiv\u2019s main street ahead of Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day next week.\u201d— Dominic Hurst (@Dominic Hurst) 1661004523
\u201c'Parade' of destroyed Russian military equipment held in Kyiv.\n\nDozens of destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles have been installed on Kyiv's central Khreshchatyk Street in the lead-up to Ukraine's Independence Day on Aug. 24.\n\n\ud83d\udcf7AFP via Getty Images.\u201d— The Kyiv Independent (@The Kyiv Independent) 1661011900
