Brawl breaks out in Ukrainian parliament over downed plane
- 10 years ago
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Ukraine's parliament approved a presidential decree on Tuesday (July 22) to call up more military reserves to fight rebels in eastern Ukraine, as scuffles broke out between members in the tense chamber.
Some 45 days after the latest call-up of additional reserves, which has now expired, Kiev repeated the decree to conduct partial mobilisation to ensure the ranks of what Ukraine calls its "anti-terrorist operation" are filled.
Brief scuffles broke out between nationalist politicians and members of the party that was led by the former president, Viktor Yanukovich, who was overthrown in February.
When one member of Yanukovich's Regions party was thrown out of the chamber, Communist party colleagues also walked out in protest.
He put the numbers close to the border at 41,000 and said they were equipped with 150 tanks, 1,400 armoured vehicles and 500 other weapon systems.
Ukrainian troops have forced pro-Russian rebels ba
Ukraine's parliament approved a presidential decree on Tuesday (July 22) to call up more military reserves to fight rebels in eastern Ukraine, as scuffles broke out between members in the tense chamber.
Some 45 days after the latest call-up of additional reserves, which has now expired, Kiev repeated the decree to conduct partial mobilisation to ensure the ranks of what Ukraine calls its "anti-terrorist operation" are filled.
Brief scuffles broke out between nationalist politicians and members of the party that was led by the former president, Viktor Yanukovich, who was overthrown in February.
When one member of Yanukovich's Regions party was thrown out of the chamber, Communist party colleagues also walked out in protest.
He put the numbers close to the border at 41,000 and said they were equipped with 150 tanks, 1,400 armoured vehicles and 500 other weapon systems.
Ukrainian troops have forced pro-Russian rebels ba