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Ukrainian embassy in Moscow also pelted by eggs

07 March 2016 07:09 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. The Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow was pelted by eggs, Interfax reported.

Dozens of activists protested against the attack on the building of the Russian diplomatic mission in Kiev. They chanted the slogan: “Hands off our diplomats”. The protesters were holding placards “Kiev junta got game”, “Ukraine — you’re sick. Wise up, what are you doing” and Russian flags. Shortly before the rally started, the police increased security measures at the building of the diplomatic mission.

The Embassy brought together about 150 people, they also shouted the slogan “Fascism will not pass”.

The action was a response to protests near the building of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, which occurred on the night of March 6 and repeated in the afternoon on Sunday. Protesters have thrown eggs and stones at the Russian embassy in Kiev to demand the release of hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. She is on trial in Russia after being captured while fighting pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Ms Savchenko is accused of directing artillery fire that killed two Russian journalists - a claim she denies.

On Sunday, several thousand people began the protest in Kiev's central Maidan Square, before hundreds of protesters moved on to the embassy several kilometres away. The Russian embassy has formally complained to Ukraine about separate attacks on its property overnight on Saturday. Three cars were "seriously damaged" by unknown assailants, who also set off smoke bombs, embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin said.