Ukrainian personnel will join around 1,000 UK armed forces members, including soldiers on horseback and military bands, to symbolise “the global support for their continued fight for freedom” against Russia, the government said in a statement on Saturday.
A Ukrainian soldier armed with a machine gun on a Challenger-2 tank in Ukraine (Photo: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine/Getty)
May 8 is observed in many countries including Britain, France and the United States as the date when the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany took effect in 1945.
Britain plans various events in the run-up to the anniversary, including a military parade and a flypast, culminating in a service of thanksgiving on Thursday at Westminster Abbey in London that is due to be attended by the royal family.
“In the midst of the first full-scale war in Europe since the Second World War, it is fitting that the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently fighting on the frontline of freedom are represented in Monday’s event,” Defence Minister John Healey said.
Jack Mortimer, aged 101, is expected to be one of the veterans observing the military procession on Monday.
With Reuters
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