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Associated Press: Scuffles, arrests as thousands attend gay pride march in Ukraine’s capital

By Associated Press.
Policemen protect participants during the gay pride march on June 18, in Kyiv. More than two thousand people took part in Kiev's gay pride event amid a heavy police presence as nationalist protesters tried to halt the event and burned a rainbow flag.
Photo by AFP

Thousands of people attended a gay pride parade in Ukraine’s capital amid tight security Sunday.

A counterdemonstration by a few hundred ultranationalists resulted in scuffles with police in which two officers were injured and six people arrested, Kyiv police chief Andrei Krishchenko said.

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