On Tuesday evening, in the center of Kyiv, there was a massive clash between fans of Dynamo Kyiv and fans of the Turkish team Besiktas, who came to the match in the capital of Ukraine at the Olimpiysky Stadium.
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According to the Football 1 TV channel, about 300 people took part in the fight. 10 people were stabbed.
Former Minister of Justice of Ukraine Elena Lukash published a video with one of the episodes of the pogrom - thugs with batons break into a cafe, cause a pogrom there, and also hit cars standing nearby.
Beşiktaş'ın çocukları Kiev'de @alphandogualp #kyiv # Beşiktaş #UCL pic.twitter.com/gf4Y0b6Xy8
— Beşiktaş Analiz (@Besiktas_Analiz) 6th of December 2016
Commentators on social networks are joking that this is a rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, which is to be held in Kyiv.
“The very center of Kyiv. European integration is in full swing... They are preparing for visa-free travel,” political scientist Vladimir Kornilov quipped.
Ukrainian media, explaining the cause of the unrest, report that Turkish fans insulted Dynamo fans by publicly trampling the club's flag during the day right on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, filming the action on mobile phones. This is what became the reason for the fight.