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 largescale 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.