Opposition holding mass meeting in Kyiv

Near five thousand opposition supporters are holding a protest march "Kievans against political repression" in the city center.

Participants of the rally are carrying flags of the Fatherland faction, the Freedom party, the European Party of Ukraine and national flags.

The column is headed by leader of the Fatherland parliamentary faction Arseniy Yatsenyuk and first deputy head of Fatherland Oleksandr Turchynov. The participants are followed by police cars.