Sevastopol is celebrating the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War with a parade by the Black Sea Fleet and Air Force. It's the first military parade since Crimea became part of the Russian Federation.
The Crimean Hero City of Sevastopol celebrated Victory Day with a breath-taking air show and a huge naval parade reviewed by President Putin. 70 years from this day, the iconic Russian naval base was liberated from Nazi troops after bloody battles.
Some 150,000 people flocked to central Sevastopol on Friday to view the massive Victory Day Parade, which this year featured land, sea and air forces of Russia coming together for a big show.
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Ukraine's interior minister said security forces had killed about 20 pro-Russian rebels in the port city of Mariupol on Friday, in what appeared one of the biggest actions in Kiev's attempt to end an insurgency in the country's east....
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The Ukrainian forces brought armoured personnel carriers into the town and the building caught fire at one point. The rebels then fled into the town.
The clash came amid international attempts to forge some form of settlement in Ukraine to prevent a slide into a civil war that could have dramatic consequences for the whole region...........mme.ru