One attack occurred when two KyivPride participants were reportedly attacked by four young men shouting homophobic slurs. While the egg throwing was claimed by neo-Nazi group Karpatska Sich, who had multiple masked members on scene, one observer told Bellingcat that the egg was actually thrown by an older man who was not part of the black-clad KS group.Īfter the March itself - despite the best efforts of far-right and openly neo-Nazi anti-LGBT extremists to organize “safaris” to assault marchers - no large-scale attacks on Pride participants have been reported. In particular o ne young woman was reportedly sprayed with gas by far-right radicals, while another was injured in the eye by a thrown egg. With significant police protection and public support, relatively few attacks on KyivPride participants took place on Sunday.Ī few minor incidents, however, did take place. KyivPride RecapĪfter a week of homophobic messages, violent threats, and even physical attacks on more than a dozen KyivPride participants, anti-LGBT forces in Ukraine were unable to slow down the March of Equality, let alone significantly disrupt it. Sunday, the day of the annual KyivPride March of Equality, was a bit of a crappy day for many anti-LGBT extremists in Ukraine.
