Ceremonial Equipment Handover and Concerts: Ukraine to Celebrate Armed Forces' 30th Anniversary Simultaneously in Six Cities
A telebridge will connect the six cities.
Celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will take place on Monday, December 6, simultaneously in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, Lviv, Odesa and the military town of Ozerne in Zhytomyr region, with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
According to the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the celebrations will begin simultaneously on December 6 at 18:00, and as part of the festivities a telebridge will be held between these localities.
In Kharkiv, events will take place on Freedom Square, in Odesa near the Maritime Passenger Terminal, in Kramatorsk on Peace Square, in Lviv near the Sahaidachny National Army Academy at the intersection of Heroes of Maidan and Stryiska streets, and in Kyiv on Mykhailivska Street.
Demonstrations of the latest weapons and military equipment will be held, ceremonies presenting combat banners and honorary titles to military units will take place, and servicemen will be awarded state decorations.
Military orchestra performances and other entertainment events are planned.
Zelensky in Kharkiv will take part in the ceremonial events marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the AFU, which will be held on Freedom Square.
Together with the president, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi will deliver congratulations. A military march will be held on the main square of Kharkiv, and equipment will be handed over to combat brigades: 3 T-64BV tanks, 10 BTR-4E armored personnel carriers and 10 Kozak-2M1 armored vehicles.
The telebridge relay in Odesa will be taken up by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. With his participation, a ceremony will be held to include 21 Island patrol boats in the Ukrainian Navy, as well as the handover of other equipment.
In Kramatorsk Commander of the Joint Forces Oleksandr Pavliuk will join the telebridge. In this city, 34 Kozak-2M1 vehicles will be ceremonially handed over to the military.
In the urban-type settlement of Ozerne the AFU Air Force will receive a Mi-8 helicopter and one each of L-39, Su-27 and An-26 aircraft.
In Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa AFU representatives will receive 15, 13 and 12 HMMWV vehicles, respectively.
The program of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine includes concerts, informal socializing, and army porridge and tea for everyone who attends the event on December 6 at 18:00.
In Kharkiv, the band Druha Rika will perform, in Odesa Pianoboy, in Kramatorsk Brutto, in Lviv Sky, and in Kyiv the band Antytila.
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