Ukrainian nationalists fire FLARE GUN at Russian embassy in Kiev, threaten to storm diplomatic mission

Ukrainian radicals

Ukrainian radicals have shot a round from a flare gun at the Russian embassy in Kiev, hitting the building’s roof as they staged a rally outside the mission. Despite a heavy police presence, officers apparently stood idly by.

Russia’s diplomatic mission in Kiev suffered the assault late on Saturday as a crowd of mostly far-right radicals gathered in front of the embassy and pelted its premises with flares and smoke pellets. At one point, someone also fired a flare gun round, which hit the building’s roof to loud cheers from the crowd, which was chanting anti-Russian slogans, a video published on social media shows.

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