Ukraine: Scuffles break out on third Maidan anniversary

Scuffles broke out in Kiev on Monday, as members of nationalist groups including Right Sector and Azov Battalion held a march commemorating the third anniversary of Maidan. Protesters scuffled with police as they marched to Independence Square, the site of where the pro-EU revolt took place in 2013. Several protesters lit flares and gave speeches commemorating the ’Heavenly Hundred’ who lost their lives during Maidan. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a speech at a ceremony co
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