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Ukrainians attack Russia embassy over captured pilot | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Protesters have thrown eggs and stones at the Russian embassy in Kiev to demand the release of hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. | |
She is on trial in Russia after being captured while fighting pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014. | |
Ms Savchenko is accused of directing artillery fire that killed two Russian journalists - a claim she denies. | |
Later on Sunday, Ukraine's embassy in Moscow was also pelted by eggs as dozens of people rallied outside. | |
Relations between Ukraine and Russia have deteriorated following Moscow's annexation of the Crimea peninsula in 2014 and its support for pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. | |
Smoke bombs | |
On Sunday, several thousand people began the protest in Kiev's central Maidan Square, before hundreds of protesters moved on to the embassy several kilometres away. | |
Demonstrators were later seen throwing eggs and stones at the embassy and removing a security camera. | |
The Russian embassy has formally complained to Ukraine about separate attacks on its property overnight on Saturday. | The Russian embassy has formally complained to Ukraine about separate attacks on its property overnight on Saturday. |
Three cars were "seriously damaged" by unknown assailants, who also set off smoke bombs, embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin said. | |
Police described the case as hooliganism. | |
Ms Savchenko, 34, has become a heroine in Ukraine and is seen as a symbol of the country's resistance against Russia. | |
She began a hunger strike without water on Friday to protest against the sudden adjournment of her trial the previous day, as she was about to deliver a closing statement. |