The war in Ukraine has even shaken up Bastille Day, a powerful political, historical and symbolic event in France.
France is celebrating its national holiday Thursday with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside allies from Eastern Europe. The traditional parade also will feature warplanes, military vehicles and a drone in a performance showing off France’s might and its efforts to support Ukraine.
The opening of this year’s Bastille Day parade was designed to demonstrate France’s commitment to NATO and to European allies touched most closely by the war in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 20 weeks ago.
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