Russian and Ukrainian officials clashed in Ankara
The fistfight between Russia and Ukraine was caught on camera at the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Parliamentary Assembly summit in Ankara.
An unknown person tried to escape, taking the Ukrainian flag from the hand of the Ukrainian official Oleksandir Marikovsky. Thereupon, Marikovsky, who was following the man, hit the man who did not return the flag.
Marikovski managed to retrieve the flag by screaming and beating the man.
In the fight, which was reflected on the cameras, the parties were separated with great difficulty by security teams and other diplomats. Marikovsky shared the message “Hands off our flag and Ukraine you Russian bastards” on social media after the event.
The fight between the two also caused a great impact on social networks.
THE FIGHT CONTINUED IN THE LIVING ROOM
During the speech of the deputy head of the Russian delegation, Olga Timofeeva, at the summit, there was an attempt to protest with the flag of the Ukrainian delegation. While the Ukrainians who unfurled the flag tried to march on the Russian delegation, the Russians also unfurled the Russian flag.
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The Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Şentop, intervened and interrupted the meeting and demanded that the delegation, which interrupted the order of work, be taken out of the room.
Tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war escalated this week with the assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Moscow. While the Kremlin blamed Ukraine and the United States, which it claimed to have given the order, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said: “We did not attack Putin.”