KIEV: Clashes erupted outside parliament in Kiev on Monday as lawmakers gave initial approval to constitutional changes granting more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
A blast was also heard outside parliament, an AFP correspondent said, although the cause was not immediately known.
About a dozen people were reportedly injured, an AFP journalist said.
Several people were seen bleeding, including police officers and apparently journalists, and lying on the ground in front of the parliament, the journalist said.
The Western-backed constitutional reforms are required under the terms of a Western-backed peace deal signed in February, which called for Kiev to implement “decentralisation” …read more
Source: theSun
