
Defiant Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after invasion
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine was “reborn” when Russia invaded six months ago, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, marking 31 years of his country’s independence from the Moscow-controlled Soviet Union with a vow to drive Russian forces out completely. After days of warnings that Moscow could use the anniversary of Ukraine‘s Independence Day to launch more missile attacks on major cities, Kyiv was unusually quiet and the second











