Ukraine on Wednesday marks 20 years since it split from the USSR with ceremonies shadowed by sadness over its unfulfilled potential and tensions after the arrest opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. The two decade anniversary of the declaration of independence by its parliament from the USSR on Aug. 24, 1991 was to have been a glittering celebration for the strategic nation bordering four EU nations and Russia. President Viktor Yanukovych is to take part in a ceremony dedicated to Ukraine's unity at the statue of Saint Volodymyr overlooking the Dnipro river while stars will perform on Independence Square, the hub of the 2004 Orange Revolution popular uprising. Read more.
