Police clash with protesters near Ukrainian president's office

Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest by activists of the National Corps political party in front of the Presidential Office building in Kyiv, Ukraine August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

KYIV (Reuters) - Police clashed with protesters from a nationalist party near the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday when they tried to break through a police cordon.

Reuters TV footage from the scene showed members of Ukrainian police and protesters spraying tear gas at each other. The protesters attacked with long sticks and threw car tires and stones while the policemen barely fought back.