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Sticks and stones may break your bones. But so can words, if you’re a Ukrainian politician — speaking Russian.

A Ukrainian parliament session in Kiev morphed into a fistfight on Tuesday as men in suits threw punches after a leading politician decided to give a speech in Russian.

Parliamentary leader Olexander Yefremov reportedly called his opponents “neo-fascists” after they started booing. The hot-blooded lawmakers can be seen jumping out of their seats and squaring off face-to-face in the aisles.

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