Paris - 14.07.2026: Twenty-five soldiers from the Ukrainian Presidential Guard took part in the military parade on the Champs-Elysees on the French National Day. They marched as part of the Coalition of the Willing formation, whose delegations shaped the opening of the parade. President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched the ceremony in Paris.The presence of the Ukrainian unit gave the traditional parade an exceptionally direct political significance. France placed the 2026 edition under the guiding principle of a European Union and its partners with greater strategic capacity ...
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