Ukraine – Monday, Aug. 25

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a news conference in Moscow, Aug. 25, 2014.

A Ukrainian girl waves the national flag sitting on her father's shoulders during celebration of Ukraine's 23rd Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2014.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko listens to the national anthem during Independence Day celebrations, in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Aug. 24, 2014.

Ukraine's former Presidents Viktor Yushchenko, left, Leonid Kravchuk, right, and Leonid Kuchma attend Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the centre of Kiev Aug. 24, 2014.