Ukrainian Oleksandr Marikovskyi rained punches on the Russian.
A Russian consultant snatched a Ukraine flag from a lawmaker of the nation, triggering a one-on-one struggle at a world convention, confirmed a viral video this morning.
The dramatic incident performed out in Turkey capital Ankara through the 61st Parliamentary Meeting of the Black Sea Financial Group on Thursday, over 14 months after Russia invaded Ukraine.
🥊 In Ankara 🇹🇷, through the occasions of the Parliamentary Meeting of the Black Sea Financial Group, the consultant of Russia 🇷🇺 tore the flag of Ukraine 🇺🇦 from the arms of a 🇺🇦 Member of Parliament.
The 🇺🇦 MP then punched the Russian within the face. pic.twitter.com/zUM8oK4IyN
— Jason Jay Sensible (@officejjsmart) May 4, 2023
Ukrainian Oleksandr Marikovskyi was seen holding his nation’s flag when the unidentified Russian consultant approached him, ripped his flag and began strolling away, the video confirmed.
The MP gave him a chase and rained punches. He was intercepted by different officers however after he snatched the flag again.
Sharing a video of the incident on Fb, he wrote in Ukrainian: “Paws away from our flag.”
Others current on the spot had been seen filming the incident.
The flare-up in tensions between the 2 warring nations come a day after Russia claimed Ukraine tried to assassinate President Vladimir Putin with a drone assault on the Kremlin, an accusation denied by Ukraine.
The Black Sea Financial Group was shaped over 30 years in the past and each Russia and Ukraine are its members. It goals at “working in the direction of peace, stability and prosperity within the Black Sea area.”