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Brawl breaks out in Ukrainian parliament over downed plane

2014-07-22 1,245 Dailymotion

Rough Cut (no reporter narration)<br/> <br />Ukraine's parliament approved a presidential decree on Tuesday (July 22) to call up more military reserves to fight rebels in eastern Ukraine, as scuffles broke out between members in the tense chamber.<br/> <br />Some 45 days after the latest call-up of additional reserves, which has now expired, Kiev repeated the decree to conduct partial mobilisation to ensure the ranks of what Ukraine calls its "anti-terrorist operation" are filled.<br/> <br />Brief scuffles broke out between nationalist politicians and members of the party that was led by the former president, Viktor Yanukovich, who was overthrown in February.<br/> <br />When one member of Yanukovich's Regions party was thrown out of the chamber, Communist party colleagues also walked out in protest.<br/> <br />He put the numbers close to the border at 41,000 and said they were equipped with 150 tanks, 1,400 armoured vehicles and 500 other weapon systems.<br/> <br />Ukrainian troops have forced pro-Russian rebels ba

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