clashes as ukraine ultranationalists back rail blockade
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Clashes as Ukraine ultra-nationalists back rail blockade

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Clashes as Ukraine ultra-nationalists back rail blockade

Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the energy sector
Kiev - AFP

At least seven protestors were detained as clashes erupted Sunday between Ukrainian police and ultra-nationalists backing a rail blockade in Kiev, an AFP correspondent said.

The violence broke out after more than 1,000 demonstrators gathered to back the blockade between the coal-producing separatist east and the rest of Ukraine, which Kiev has warned could cause nationwide power cuts and job losses.

Those detained included the leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists Mykola Kokhanivskyi. Most of those held were injured, a few with head wounds and one with an injured leg, said the AFP journalist near the presidential offices.

Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the energy sector over the railway blockade, which was launched in late January to protest at Kiev trading with Russian-backed rebels in the east.

"We once again warn the authorities who trade coal with the occupied territories, making cash from blood," Kokhanivskiy, commander of his group's volunteer battalion, had told the crowd before the clashes.

The protesters had been escorted by hundreds of members of the security forces as they marched from Kiev's Independence or Maidan square to the offices of the president.

President Petro Poroshenko has described the blockade as a "destabilising factor" for the war-scarred and cash-strapped former Soviet state.

The pro-Western leader has warned that the coal delivery stoppage would leave parts of Kiev and other cities without heating, and said it could cost 300,000 jobs as factories grind to a halt without power.

But protesters took aim at Poroshenko at Sunday's march.

"Shame on the corrupt government!", "The enemy is within!" they shouted, some hurling firecrackers before the clashes.

"Poroshenko benefits from this trade, that's why he is against the blockade," said 51-year-old pilot Yevgen.

"He is afraid of his people. Well, for him this is not his people, it's the flock whose fleece he wants to cut for a long time, brazenly and scot-free," he added.

The 34-month conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 10,000 lives and left Kiev without full control of its vital industrial belt.

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

clashes as ukraine ultranationalists back rail blockade clashes as ukraine ultranationalists back rail blockade

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

clashes as ukraine ultranationalists back rail blockade clashes as ukraine ultranationalists back rail blockade

 



GMT 09:54 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

'Friendly and kind' N. Korean skaters

GMT 05:17 2024 Wednesday ,07 February

Amazon to open first cashierless shop

GMT 05:04 2024 Tuesday ,06 February

Skincare PR Performance Full Year 2017

GMT 19:57 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Farm-fresh from Kerala to the UAE, in just one day

GMT 10:08 2018 Wednesday ,24 January

Microsoft to open 4 data centres

GMT 10:55 2017 Thursday ,31 August

Labour reforms 'ambitious, balanced, fair'

GMT 08:13 2017 Sunday ,22 January

ADCB win Euromoney prize

GMT 10:54 2013 Saturday ,05 October

Cyrus infamous twerking performance at the MTV

GMT 03:02 2017 Thursday ,16 February

Unruly passenger forces PIA plane to land

GMT 14:38 2014 Tuesday ,25 March

17 killed in 2 attacks in Afghanistan

GMT 09:09 2016 Monday ,22 August

'Marvellous' Rio flames out

GMT 15:16 2016 Sunday ,25 December

Bird Flu in S. Korea Culls over 22 Million Poultry

GMT 13:35 2012 Thursday ,31 May

9 ways to sexually arouse your man

GMT 17:32 2017 Friday ,06 January

Leadership's initiatives are rooted in

GMT 18:35 2016 Thursday ,08 September

Tunisia calls for ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir

GMT 07:20 2012 Monday ,05 November

1 NATO soldier dies in Afghanistan

GMT 02:41 2016 Tuesday ,22 November

MP questions environment minister over water hyacinth

GMT 18:31 2016 Monday ,10 October

Hurricane Kills 15 People in the US

GMT 01:24 2016 Tuesday ,13 December

Assad forces control 90% of Aleppo

GMT 14:27 2017 Saturday ,11 February

Zambia's access to information bill ready

GMT 17:50 2012 Thursday ,09 August

Afghan soldier killed in attack on NATO troops

GMT 07:23 2015 Wednesday ,25 February

Firing squads, blast walls in Somalia

GMT 19:00 2015 Saturday ,21 February

Explosions at hotel in Somali capital, heavy gunfire
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice