Independence Day: 2007

August 24, 2007, Kyiv.

Celebrations on Independence Square on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the proclamation of Ukraine's Independence.

Video shows preparations, officials from various angles, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko with children; military band, beginning of the ceremony, performance of the National Anthem of Ukraine. March of military bands of various branches of the armed forces, opening the festive parade by the elite unit of the Metropolitan State Department of the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Specialized Battalion of the Road Patrol Service for the Support of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv.

The military parade ends with a solemn march by the combined band and Oleg Pavlyshyn with the performance of the song "I Believe".