Shooting off flares and shouting “glory to Ukraine,” thousands of far-right and nationalist activists marched Monday through Kyiv, protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership and his long-awaited peace plan for eastern Ukraine. Zelensky sought to improve his patriotic credentials by visiting Ukrainian troops on the front line of the five-year conflict with Moscow-backed separatists. All are elements of a long-stalled peace plan that the Ukrainian president is trying to revive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine, during his all-day “press marathon” last week. Some 15,000 far-right and nationalist activists protest in the Ukrainian capital on Monday, chanting “Glory to Ukraine” and waving the Ukranian flag.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 14, 2019 17:37 UTC