Ukrainians began celebrating Independence Day after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Troops marked the event with their first raid into Crimea, the Black Sea area annexed by Russian forces 9 years in the past.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride studies from the capital Kyiv.
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