Hundreds of football fans of Polish club Legia and FC Zoria Luhansk rioted in the area of Independence square in Central Kiev streets.
Day Polish supporters marched through the heart of Kiev, chanting "Bay of Banderas" that provoked the first clashes with Ukrainian fans. Then conflict, police officers cordoned off the Independence Square and surrounding streets.
After a couple hours of clashes erupted again afterward as one of the Polish fans publicly burned the flag of Ukraine. He was later captured by police, reports the news Agency. The Polish fans towards the stadium began the third large-scale brawl, which came into play firecrackers and stones." Creating a tight cordon around the Polish fans, police escorted the convoy to the stadium " Dynamo ". On the European square, the fans were activated and began throwing each other with stones, bottles and firecrackers. Metropolitan police pushed the Ukrainian fans in the direction of the Mariinsky Park ", ? said about this incident in the Moscow Directorate of the interior Ministry. On Thursday stated that the clashes between the Ukrainian and Polish fans took place on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) in Kiev. On the night of Thursday in Kiev, near the metro station "Hydropark" there was a fight of football fans in Moscow "Dynamo" and the Polish " Legia ". During the fight the fans used flares. The fight was attended by about 50 people. According to witnesses, "the Dynamo" was stronger than the Polish fans. In addition, above about 2 dozen Ukrainians In Lviv, Freedom Avenue slugged their way to a match in Kiev poles for what they spoke critically about the residents West of the city. According to witnesses of the event, locals attacked a group of eight football fans from Poland. The poles arrived in Kiev for the match play-off round of the Europa League against FC Zoria Luhansk, which will be held on Thursday at the stadium "Dynamo" named after lobanovskyi.

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