Near KO for Ukraine deputy in parliament row over eastern conflict


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  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

KIEV (Reuters) - The leader of Ukraine's populist Radical Party was nearly knocked out in a punch-up in the Kiev parliament's lobby on Thursday after he goaded a fellow deputy, accusing him of ignoring the plight of soldiers fighting in east Ukraine.

Oleh Lyashko, who came third in July's presidential elections, staggered and appeared stunned after a heated exchange with independent deputy Oleksandr Shevchenko led to Shevchenko punching him in the head.

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