(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 20 - The Ukrainian authorities have brought to the center of Kiev dozens of Russian vehicles destroyed in the fighting - tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and more - making them an attraction for citizens.
Photos and videos have gone viral on social media, captured by international media, including the British Daily Mail.
Whole families poured into the central Khreshchatyk street.
Children climbed into burnt tanks and out of order suicannons, with their parents photographing them.
A smaller number of destroyed Russian vehicles had previously been shown on Mykhailivskyi Square.
The parade of enemy vehicles takes place on the eve of the celebrations for the independence of Ukraine, on 24 August.
Celebrations for which gatherings were prohibited, in fear of a missile launch on the capital, local media report.
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