Ukrainian pilots at Bastille Day military parade in Paris

"We will have a bigger, more powerful, more modern parade. There will be around 8.500 participants in the parade, of which 6.500 will march on foot. Around 300 vehicles will also participate, including around 100 motorcycles, 95 planes, 35 helicopters, as well as 193 horses of the Republican Guard," said the French general

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Ukrainian pilots will take part in a military parade in Paris on July 14, Bastille Day, French General Loic Mizon said today.

This year's parade will be held under the theme "Strategic Awakening of Europe" and aims to show that France is determined and supports Ukraine, Mizon said, French media reported.

"We will have a bigger, more powerful, more modern parade. There will be around 8.500 participants in the parade, of which 6.500 will march on foot. Around 300 vehicles will also participate, including around 100 motorcycles, 95 planes, 35 helicopters, as well as 193 horses of the Republican Guard," the French general said.

Ukraine, which is entering the fifth year of a war that Russia launched in 2022, will be the guest of honor. In the air force portion of the parade, French-Ukrainian crews will fly together.

35 Coalition countries willing and ready to provide security guarantees to Ukraine once a ceasefire is achieved have been invited to the parade.

It will be the last parade for French President Emmanuel Macron, whose second, consecutive presidential term ends in the spring of 2027.

Officials from the European Union and NATO were invited to the parade.

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