#Ukraine marks defiant national day, rebels parade captives in separatist stronghold of Donetsk http://t.co/bjOUh0zZj9
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) August 24, 2014
Klichko grilled by people and Aidar battalion commander http://t.co/7pPQgALxfA
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 24, 2014
Grim reading: ‘Nowhere Is Definitely Safe Anymore’ - Inside the Besieged Ukrainian City of Luhansk by @HarrietSalem https://t.co/c37PuR0CXv
— Alessandra Prentice (@alessaprentice) August 24, 2014
How to demonstrate war crimes: Show the perpetrators, not the victims. @pravda_1 gets it right. pic.twitter.com/X8QmlpeOMx
— Ystri Ya (@ystriya) August 24, 2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has issued this photo gallery of today's Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv:
Військовий парад приурочений Дню Незалежності України (фотогалерея)
Finally, an English-language channel. Just in time for Independence Day. UKRAINE TODAY Live: http://t.co/0CsI6WVPV9 via @YouTube
— Chrystyna Lapychak (@chryslap) August 24, 2014
Parade of captured #Ukraine POWs through #Donetsk today a clear violation of Art. 13 and 14 of Geneva Convention.
— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) August 24, 2014
Last thing on hideous PoW march in Donetsk. After prisoners were marched past, the streets washed to "cleanse" them https://t.co/lDk6qVGIPb
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 24, 2014
Here is what Reuters is reporting on the apparent parading of Ukrainian prisoners in Donetsk:
DONETSK, Ukraine, Aug 24 (Reuters) -- Pro-Russian separatist rebels force-marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war along a main street of the rebel-held Ukrainian town of Donetsk on Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said.
People shouted "fascists" at the group, who walked with heads bowed. They were largely unshaven and dishevelled and dressed either in combat fatigues or civilian clothes.
And here's what AFP has been reporting:
DONETSK, Ukraine, Aug 24, 2014 (AFP) -- Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk paraded dozens of imprisoned government soldiers before a crowd of onlookers on Sunday in a bid to mock Kiev's Independence Day celebrations.
The soldiers, captured in the course of Kiev's offensive against the separatists, were gathered on central Lenin square to heckles and shouts of "Fascists! Fascists!", said AFP correspondents at the scene.
Donetsk: Ukrainian war prisoners forced to parade through city's street MT @SHuijboom: Lots of screaming 'fascists' pic.twitter.com/Sudei7WoN3
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) August 24, 2014