00:01France held its largest ever national day parade, showcasing its military power and unity with
00:08allies on Tuesday, with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as guest of honor.
00:14In the meantime, European rearmament gathers pace in the face of Russia's war against Ukraine.
00:20Two dozen foreign heads of states and governments, including British Premier Keir Starmer and German
00:26Chancellor Frederick Murs, were present. Some 500 soldiers from the so-called Coalition of the
00:32Willing of mainly European Nations supporting Kyiv against Moscow were also marching.
00:38Symbolically, 25 Ukrainian soldiers were following the troops of coalition members.
00:43A record number of military personnel marched the traditional route between the Arc de Triomphe
00:49and the Place de la Concorde, including nearly 6,700 troops, 98 aircraft, 31 helicopters and 315 vehicles.
00:59This year's parade was to illustrate France's rearmament, France's strategic autonomy and Europe's
01:05strategic awakening, said a French presidential official.
01:09This year also marks 10 years after a truck driver plowed into crowds leaving a Bastille Day fireworks
01:16display in the city of Nice, killing 86 people and wounding more than 400.
01:22The 14th of July marks the 1789 storming of the Bastille fortress in the French Revolution.
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