Along with all Ukrainians celebrating their Independence Day, 19-year-old student Yuliia Vyshnivska ... their last two Independence Days at war: Ukraine has now entered and taken Russian territory.

Sitting in his timber-framed home on the outskirts of Kyiv, Mr Yushchenko praises the "power of national spirit" as the key to Ukraine's independence. "Today I can say with confidence that 42 ...