M/S Protester with skull mask, wearing Ukrainian flag

W/S Protester with skull mask holding large Ukrainian flag

W/S Protesters holding large Ukrainian flag

W/S People hold large Ukrainian flag

M/S Man with megaphone addresses crowd

M/S Police officers watch crowd, one on mobile phone

M/S Man holds Ukrainian flag, hides from camera

W/S Man holds UPA flag amongst crowd

W/S Men hold pro-Ukrainian flags in crowd

M/S Flowers laid on ground, Odessa

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Dozens marked the anniversary of the founding date of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in Odessa on Tuesday.

In Kiev, around 8,000 protesters gathered for a mass demo near the Verkhovna Rada to demand war veteran status for UPA members on Tuesday evening.

Earlier in the day, a Svoboda-led protest outside the Verkhovna Rada turned violent with 17 police officers wounded and at least 50 protesters arrested. Angered by the Rada's decision to not pass the bill on war veteran status, protesters whipped police with chains, and launched rocks and firecrackers.

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