Ukrainian MP punches colleague in face in parliament
- 10 years ago
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY THROUGHOUT THE EDIT AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SWEAR IN UKRAINIAN DURING THE FISTFIGHT
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STORY: The leader of Ukraine's populist Radical Party was nearly knocked out in a punch-up in the lobby of the Kiev parliament on Thursday (August 14) after he goaded a fellow deputy, accusing him of ignoring the plight of soldiers fighting in east Ukraine.
Oleh Lyashko, who came third in July's presidential elections, staggered and appeared stunned after a heated exchange with independent deputy Oleksandr Shevchenko led to Shevchenko punching him in the head.
"Look at this pot-bellied fatty," Lyashko said of Shevchenko shortly before he was hit. "Instead of going to the Donbass and helping our guys, people like him go to parliament and raise their hands."
Lyashko has visited troops in Ukraine's eastern regions or Donbass, where they have been locked in a bloody conflict with separatist pro
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STORY: The leader of Ukraine's populist Radical Party was nearly knocked out in a punch-up in the lobby of the Kiev parliament on Thursday (August 14) after he goaded a fellow deputy, accusing him of ignoring the plight of soldiers fighting in east Ukraine.
Oleh Lyashko, who came third in July's presidential elections, staggered and appeared stunned after a heated exchange with independent deputy Oleksandr Shevchenko led to Shevchenko punching him in the head.
"Look at this pot-bellied fatty," Lyashko said of Shevchenko shortly before he was hit. "Instead of going to the Donbass and helping our guys, people like him go to parliament and raise their hands."
Lyashko has visited troops in Ukraine's eastern regions or Donbass, where they have been locked in a bloody conflict with separatist pro