Pro-Russian insurgents on Sunday paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers through the streets of the rebel stronghold Donetsk as bystanders shouted abusive slurs and tossed eggs, bottles, and tomatoes at them.
The display came as President Petro Poroshenko pledged to raise defense spending to defeat the rebels during an ostentatious procession of tanks and weaponry through downtown Kiev, meant to mark Ukraine’s 23rd anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.
The scene in Donetsk proved a striking contrast to the fanfare in Kiev, where more than 20,000 people, many waving the country’s blue and yellow flag or donning traditional embroidered shirts, watched the parade …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
