Ukraine marks the Independence Day

Ukrainian servicemen, veterans of the Eastern Ukrainian conflict with Russia-backed separatists, volunteers and relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who died during a conflict, attend a many-thousand unofficial military parade to mark Ukrainian Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine, on 24 August, 2019. About 20,000 Ukrainians, including soldiers, volunteers and relatives of Ukrainian soldiers, who died during a conflict, took part in unofficial march on Independence Day on August 24, after the new Ukrainian president cancelled the military parade. Ukraine marks the 28th anniversary of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union since 1991 on August 24, 2019