On the 23d of August, just before the Independence Day, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day of Ukraine. Today you could see flags everywhere: on the buildings and the balconies, on the flagpoles, etc. Such a celebration in the history of nations is quite young. For example, the Day of the Swedish flag Flag is celebrated since 1983, the Day of Canada – since 1995, Mexico – 1937, in the Russian Federation, the National Flag Day has been operating since 1994, in the Republic of Belarus since 1995.

According to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, this year military vehicles will not drive through the city center like it was last year. Instead, more than twenty samples of them will be exhibited at Khreshchatik Street and Maydan Nezalezhnosti. Also, this year, some technologic innovations in defensive industry will be presented during the parade for the first time in Kyiv.