Ukrainian presidential candidate and member of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction Mykhailo Dobkin was doused with flour and sprinkled with brilliant green dye in Kyiv on Monday evening.

The presidential candidate was attacked near the ICTV television station's studio, where he was to speak live in the Svoboda Slova program.

A video, posted on the Internet, shows demonstrators surrounding Dobkin and dumping a pack of flour on his head and splashing brilliant green dye on his face.

Dobkin's security guards found themselves under the flour and dye attack, as well.