What did Poland show Warsaw on 15 August 2023?

What did Poland want to put on display on 15 August 2023? In Warsaw, the answer was a military parade involving 2,000 troops, 200 vehicles and 100 aircraft, with the country's weapons and defence systems on show.

The parade was reported in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which was then in its second year.

The previous day, 14 August 2023, Russian forces had struck Odesa with missiles and drones. Three people were injured and civilian infrastructure was damaged.

The two events were separate, and the reports from the time do not link them. Taken together, they show the security picture on those two days: a neighbouring state publicly presenting its military hardware in its capital, and a Ukrainian port city absorbing another overnight attack.