Summit Erupts Into Fistfight Between Russian and Ukrainian Delegates
“Paws off our flag, paws off Ukraine, Russian bastard.”
Russian and Ukrainian representatives broke out into physical fights while attending a conference in Turkey on Thursday, footage and social media posts show. Videos from the scene appears to show a Russian delegate ripping the Ukrainian flag away from a representative on the sidelines of the Summit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), leading to a fistfight between him and Ukrainian official Oleksandr Marikovskyi, who tried to take the flag back. Another clip shared by Anadolu Agency shows members of Ukrainian parliament trying to display the flag while Russian representative Ola Timofeeva was speaking, prompting another scuffle between attendees. “Paws off our flag, paws off Ukraine, Russian bastard,” Marikovskyi later said in a social media post.
A scuffle broke out between Ukrainian and Russian delegates at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Türkiye’s capital Ankara
— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) May 4, 2023
Tensions boiled over after Ukrainians interrupted a Russian official’s speech👇 pic.twitter.com/AzZiQi2B6L
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