Troubled Ukraine put on a show of its military strength on independence day on Wednesday and President Petro Poroshenko said the country had to rely on its own might rather than international guarantees.
A march-past of army, navy and airforce units and hardware in the capital was intended to highlight the capability of Ukraine’s military, which the government has had to overhaul completely since pro-Russian eastern separatists rose up against a new Western-backed leadership in 2014.
Fresh tension with Russia over Crimea has reignited fears that the fragile ceasefire deal, brokered in February 2015 with the help of Germany and France, could …read more
Source: Voice of America
