Protesters clash with police in Ukraine capital, throw smoke bombs - TopicsExpress



          

Protesters clash with police in Ukraine capital, throw smoke bombs - Reuters (Reuters) - A few thousand protesters clashed with police on Tuesday outside the Ukrainian parliament, throwing stones and smoke bombs and firing with air guns through the buildings windows. Earlier on Tuesday the nationalist Svoboda party held a meeting near parliament urging deputies to give special status to a World War Two nationalist force called the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) which fought both the Nazi occupation and later Soviet forces.But Svoboda said its members had no link with the protesters. The far-right nationalist group Right Sector also said its people had not taken part.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:05:01 +0000

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