KYIV/KRAMATORSK — On the frontlines of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invading forces and in shattered cities, combatants and civilians marked Ukraine’s…
In normal years a day of celebrations hailing the end of Soviet rule in 1991, this Independence Day took place six months to the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops over the border.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
After days of warnings that Moscow could use the anniversary to launch more missile attacks missile on urban centers, Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv was under curfew after months of bombardment and Kyiv was quiet. “We will not sit down at the negotiating table out of fear, with a gun pointed at our heads. For us, the most terrible iron is not missiles, aircraft and tanks, but shackles…,” Zelenskiy said in an address to the nation.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson – one of Ukraine’s most vocal backers – turned up in Kyiv in person to appear at Zelenskiy’s side.