Kiev Independence Day Parade

Kiev Independence Day Parade Київ День незалежності парад
Emblem of Ukraine
Genre	Military parades
Begins	August 24
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Independence Square
Location(s)	Kiev
Country	Ukraine
Previous event	2017
Next event	2018

The Kiev Independence Day Parade is the main event of the Independence Day of Ukraine. This parade is held annually in Kiev on August 24.

The first parade in honor of Independence Day was held on Khreschatyk Street in 1994. In 1998, the parade included military vehicles for the first time since 1990. In 2014, the parade held its first Independence March, minus the mobile column.

The parade commander was the head of the Kiev Military District Ivan Bizhan () and inspecting the parade was the Defense Minister Vitaly Radetsky.

On its 10th anniversary of independence of 2001, Kiev held its largest parade at the time. 173 pieces of equipment and 6,530 soldiers took part in the parade. Soldiers, who were dressed in old Cossack uniforms, were also at the parade. A new column of T-84s, took part in the parade for the first time. For the first time, there were parades in Lviv and Vinnytsia, Odessa, Chernihiv and Sevastopol. Russian president Vladimir Putin, Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski attended the parade.

The 2003 parade, marking the 12th anniversary of independence, included more than 5,000 soldiers from 16 battalions. The National Anthem was performed by a Ukrainian folk artist Ivo Bobul (). The parade did not include military equipment. The 2003 Commander was the Chief of the Kiev Garrison Colonel-General Petro Shulyak (). Inspecting the parade was Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk.