Members of Ukrainian nationalist parties and organizations have gathered near the Taras Shevchenko monument in downtown Kyiv to mark the day of the creation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Intercession of the Theotokos.
At least 2,000 activists from Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union, the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense have gathered in the park opposite the main building of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, there are also people with the flags of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union, an Interfax correspondent said.
The demonstrators are holding political party and Ukrainian national flags. The nationalists have unfolded a big portrait of leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Stepan Bandera and are chanting slogans. Leaders of parties and organizations are making speeches at the foot of the monument to the occasional sound of music.
The situation in the area around the monument is calm.
