About 100 people threw eggs and paint at the building of the Russian Consulate General in Kharkiv; by 9 p.m. protestors had started to disperse, the Russian Embassy to Ukraine told Interfax-Ukraine.

"About 100 people held a picket outside the building of the Russian Consulate General in Kharkiv this evening. The assembled acted quite aggressively: they ruined a plate with the diplomatic mission's inscription, having thrown eggs and paint at the facade of the building. In addition, they blocked the consulate with the staff and visitors remaining inside," an embassy official said.

Protestors tried to pour green paint onto the visitors as they were leaving the consulate building, the official said.

By 9 p.m. the picketers started to disperse, the embassy added.

A video posted on social media shows several dozen young men throwing eggs and paint at the building of the Russian Consulate General on Thursday. It also shows law enforcement officers lining up in front of the building.

Furthermore, the protestors blocked OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) and UN (United Nations) officials inside the building, as well as representatives of public, including veteran, organizations who are attending a reception on the occasion of the Russia Day (marked on June 12).

One of the people invited for the function told Interfax that activists from Hromadske Varta acted aggressively towards the people who came with flowers and presents. "They attacked people, snatched flowers bound with ribbons, snatched gift packets, tore them up and threw them away," the source said.

He said that after a two-hour "blockade" of the building he and other guests invited to the reception were able to leave the consulate building. "Police worked: they made a corridor, pushed the crowd away and let the vehicles drive away," he said.

One of the protestors, Yulia Pluhina, said: "We wanted to show that supporting the invader during the war is unacceptable in terms of morality, as well as any human categories, no matter what you think of Russians in general. I understand that there are normal worthy people among them, but coming with flowers to the Russian embassy during the war is unacceptable."