The rally organized by Mikheil Saakashvili in Kiev lasted for several hours yesterday An incident took place in Kiev on Shevchenko Square. The National Guard used fire extinguishers and physically confronted the protesters.

Saakashvili – who called the impeachment march – urged both the police and protesters to stop the clashes and urged the protesters to return to Maidan Nezalezhnosti.

Saakashvili said he had had no plans to seize the October Palace. He said the protesters went there in support of a demand from the wives of three former soldiers who were arrested in November.