Chaos in Ukraine: Protesters tried to enter Parliament, one unofficially killed

An initiative group of protesters tried to enter the parliament building, after which a fight broke out, and the police used tear gas / Photo: EPA / SERGEY DOLZHENKO

Ukrainian entrepreneurs, demanding tax breaks from the government, today staged a protest march through Kiev and tried to force their way into the Verkhovna Rada, where they clashed with police, who used tear gas, and unofficially, killed in the chaos. .

Entrepreneurs, among other things, demand the adoption of the bill on a simplified system of using cash registers and other facilitations in the tax code.

After walking through the streets in the city center, the protesters returned in front of the Rada building and continued with the protests. An initiative group of protesters then tried to enter the parliament building, after which a fight came, and police used tear gas, the police during the clearing of the event arrested several of the participants, including the organizers, who addressed them from the stage.

Police then suppressed entrepreneurs from the Rade building, but the clashes continued, where protesters burned smooth bombs and torches.

According to unconfirmed information, one protester was killed in the clash with the police.

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