In Kiev, Kharkov and Zaporozhye procession of participants of the action “Immortal regiment” in the Victory Day was marred by clashes and attacks by Ukrainian nationalists. At least one law enforcement officer was injured. Earlier the security Service of Ukraine said that he sees no reason to ban the action and promised not to allow provocations. At the same time, Ukrainian nationalists from the organization “Volunteerism OUN*” announced plans to disrupt the procession and to hold in Kyiv the action called “Death regiment”.
As reported by UNN, in Kiev with flowers and portraits of the dead during the Second world war relatives began to gather on may 9 in the heart of the Arsenal area, which was cordoned off several hundred police officers and national guard. Journalists noticed a small scuffle between the representatives of the action “Immortal regiment” and nationalists. The participants of the OUN was appointed collection point near Armory square, behind a metal fence.
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To ensure the safety of mass events in the Victory Day in Kiev involved about 7 thousand militiamen. The police had, in particular, to negotiate with the unknown that is blocking the entrance to the Park of Eternal Glory. The authorities did not specify about the representatives of what the movement is about.
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According to TASS, the participants of the action “Immortal regiment” came to Arsenal with their entire families. They sang war songs and chanted “Fascism will not pass” and “Thank you grandpa for the Victory”.
Their opponents of the OUN had prepared for his action portraits of Stepan Bandera. They sang songs in the Ukrainian language and chanted “Bandera come – bring order”. The staff of the national guard to prevent the collision, was surrounded by nationalists and built on the route of the “Immortal regiment”. One of the officers was injured with a smoke bomb thrown from the office of the party “Organization of Ukrainian nationalists”.
Nationalists threw smoke bombs in a column participants of the action “Immortal regiment”, which moved from the Arsenal area towards the area of Fame. From the office window of the OUN on the street of Ivan Mazepa, where in the morning the police blocked members of the party, in the column “Immortal regiment”, journalists, representatives of law enforcement bodies have thrown bottles, eggs, potatoes, bags of paint, wood bits, the report says.
The national police of Ukraine registered criminal proceedings on the fact of incident near OAK office on the street Mazepa. Also in the police station was delivered to the man who tried to deploy a banner in the colors of “St. George ribbon”. As noted on the official website of the interior Ministry of Ukraine, the police explain to the participants the law on the inadmissibility of the use of the country banned the symbols.
Inforesist reports that the police stormed went to the office of the OUN. Security forces do not let the nationalists from the premises, but the requirements are not voiced. The head of the OUN “Nikolay Kohanivsky in the comment to journalists noted that his colleagues were looking for “padded jacket”, but nobody touched them because they were not wearing the ribbons.
Meanwhile, the number of participants of the action “Immortal regiment” was increased to three thousand people. The Agency “Interfax-Ukraine” reported that near the monument of the Eternal flame in the center of Kiev there was a fight. After laying flowers, the participants of the March near the monument began to have a verbal altercation. The ensuing fight lasted several minutes. The police were unable to squeeze to the participants of the incident due to congestion of people. Near the monument formed a crowd and the crowd from time to time there were cries of “Glory to Ukraine!” and “kill fascists!”.
“Ukrainian truth” with reference to the Zaporizhia television reports about the fights that occurred between participants of the action “Immortal regiment” and “Patriotic activists”. In Kiev, the protesters brought red Soviet flags and carried out the event under the record of Soviet songs. Their opponents are required to remove prohibited in the Ukraine symbols. Several nationalists brought with them to share the portraits with the characters of the series “Game of thrones”. Police detained several provocateurs, suffered head of the patrol police, says website 061.ua.
In Kharkov, a scuffle between the participants of the action “Immortal regiment” and local radicals occurred after the latter demanded to remove the portraits of war veterans with St. George’s ribbons, reports UNIAN.
“All conflicts are localized members of the National police in conjunction with community organizations and patrol police. Allegations of bodily injury at the moment, nobody addressed” – has assured the Deputy chief of Department preventive activities Directorate of national police in the Kharkiv region Sergey
Berbatov.
In Odessa the celebration of victory Day without incident. In the Directorate of national police in the region said that the police did everything not to allow provocations. The passage to the walk of fame was organized through the checkpoint. One person with the “provocative symbols” was arrested. The perimeter and the whole of the walk of fame, area on April 10 and memorial of heroic defense of Odessa “411 coastal battery” during the day will be patrolling the police and members of the National guard of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s leaders honored the memory of victims of the Second world war in the Park of glory in Kyiv. The first person in the state headed by President Petro Poroshenko laid flowers to the monument of the Unknown soldier. The memorial event was attended by war veterans, representatives of the clergy and diplomats.
In his speech at the memorial meeting Poroshenko called the action “Immortal regiment” sample “delicate political speculation on the feelings of the people.”
“Today in Moscow during the campaign “Immortal regiment” promised to bear the portraits of the Russian fighters who were sent to Donbass to kill Ukrainians; who with the sword came to us, but because the sword and died. That is the real symbol of the so-called friendship, friendship in large and evil quotes. The action “Immortal regiment” – a sample of fine political speculation on the feelings of the people. I would like to hear those Ukrainians who believed in the sincerity of the organizers. Indeed, in Moscow, invented it actually, not in order to commemorate the defenders… And to Russian expansion into neighbouring countries helped not only to live”, – said the President of Ukraine.
*Organization of Ukrainian nationalists, banned in Russia.