Clashes outside Kiev Court as Odessa Mayor released. Farce goes on...

Clashes erupted on Thursday between groups of protesters and police outside the Solomensky district court in Kiev, as Judge Maksym Vyshniak read his decision on measures of restraint against Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, for being allegedly related to several corruption cases. Trukhanov was finally released without bail. Supporters of Trukhanov quarreled against nationalists. Police authorities intervened and arrested several protesters. According to local media, one police officer was shot in the leg by one protester and was taken to the hospital.