Ukraine shows off US military hardware, vows to fight off Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s armed forces were capable of fighting off any attack from Russia as the country marked its national army day on Monday with a display of U.S. armoured vehicles and patrol boats. Ukraine has accused Russia of massing tens of thousands of troops near its border in preparation for a possible large-scale military offensive, raising the prospect of open war between the two neighbours. Russia has dismissed talk of a new assault on Ukraine as false and inflammatory, but told the West not to cross its “red lines“ and to halt the eastward expansion of the NATO alliance.