Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said some 200,000 people have gone through six waves of mobilization to date, about 100,000 have served under contract.

"Some 200,000 went through six waves of mobilization, already about 100,000 voluntarily went to serve under contract, 130,000 soldiers with combat experience were enlisted in the mobilization reserve, and in case of escalation they are ready to promptly return to the military ranks," the president said speaking at the military parade in Kyiv on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine.

He also said 42 servicemen received the title of Hero of Ukraine. At the same time, the president said that on the Independence Day he signed a decree conferring the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the Golden Star on two more servicemen - Lieutenant Vasyl Tarasiuk and Captain Yevhen Loskot (posthumously) – for exceptional courage, heroism and self-sacrifice in defending the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

"24-year-old Lieutenant Vasyl Tarasiuk, courageous defender of Avdiyivska industrial zone - one of the hottest spots on the current contact line, and Captain Yevhen Loskot, who stopped the movement of the column of Russians towards Schastia in 2014. Having been surrounded, he blew himself up with the last grenade shouting "Glory to Ukraine!" the president said adding that he conferred the most honorable titles on him today.

"Some 200 parade participants have been awarded with state awards for courage on the frontline," he said.