RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has a live feed of the Kyiv gay pride march (natural sound):
Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with this report from our news desk on today's gay pride event in Kyiv, which could perhaps be a heated affair:
Kyiv's LGBT Community Holds A March Of Equality
Ukraine's capital is holding an LGBT pride parade, with European Parliament lawmakers expected to attend the March of Equality on June 12.
Artem Skoropadskiy, a spokesman for the far-right Right Sector movement, predicted on Facebook on May 29 that "on June 12 in Kyiv there will be a bloody mess."
Thousands of police and National Guard troops will be brought in to keep the peace after a far-right group attacked last year's event.
Ten marchers and five policemen were injured when counterdemonstrators attacked the gay-pride rally, despite the presence of U.S. and European diplomats at the march.
Earlier in March, an LGBT event in Lviv was cancelled after some 200 far-right protesters surrounded the venue shouting, "Kill, kill, kill."
Based on reporting by AFP and RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service
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