Ukrainian lawmaker punches Russian representative over flag incident at Turkey conference

Publish date: 2024-04-26

Amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a scuffle erupted at a summit in Turkey when a Russian delegate forcibly removed a Ukrainian flag from a Ukrainian representative.

The incident unfolded during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) when Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Marikovski displayed his national flag behind a member of the Russian delegation, Olga Timofeeva, who was being interviewed.

Video footage shows a member of the Russian team, named Valery Stavitsky, taking Ukraine’s flag from Mr. Marikovski and walking away as he posed for pictures. The Ukrainian delegate then pursued and threw several punches at Stavitsky before recovering the flag.

Other attendees intervened to separate the two after the altercation.

Watch the video below. 


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