Ukraine delegate punches Russian at Black Sea nations meeting in Ankara
A Ukrainian delegate punched a Russian delegate within the face throughout a gathering of Black Sea nations within the Turkish capital on Thursday, after his Ukrainian flag was snatched away to cease him photobombing a video interview with Russia’s lead delegate.
Olesandr Marikovski posted a video of himself thumping the Russian and retrieving the blue and yellow flag on his Fb web page.
The incident happened in a hallway of the parliament constructing, the place the Group of the Black Sea Financial Cooperation (BSEC) meeting was being held.
Earlier within the day, some Ukrainian delegates scuffled with safety officers who had tried to drag them away as they staged a protest, shouting and holding their flags subsequent to Russia’s lead delegate as she tried to handle the meeting.
Footage of the disturbance had been posted by the Turkish parliament on its web site, and Mustafa Sentop, the parliament’s head, issued a stiff rebuke.
“I condemn this habits that disrupts the peaceable setting that Turkey is making an attempt to determine,” he mentioned.

Whereas representatives from the 13 nations within the BSEC met on Thursday, Russian drones continued to assault the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
There are presently no peace talks to finish the battle, which has devastated Ukrainian cities and cities, killed hundreds of individuals and pushed tens of millions from their houses.