Video shows Ukrainian MP, Oleksandr Marikovski, holding a Ukrainian flag at an international summit in Turkey, when his Russian counterpart, Valery Stavitsky, snatches the flag away from him.
Marikovski then follows Stavitsky and punches him in the face, grabbing the flag back before they were separated.
The two delegates were in Turkey for the Summit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) when the event occurred.
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Oleksandr Marikovski took to Facebook after the incident, sharing a video of the fight with the caption “Paws off our flag, paws off Ukraine.”
Valery Stavitsky has not made any official statements about the incident yet.