Protesters from the Azov civil corpse are leaving the square in front of the Verkhovna Rada, where they voiced their demands to the authorities not to hold elections in the occupied areas of Donbas.

The rally participants are heading towards the Arsenal metro station and down to the European Square, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.

As reported, on Friday a march dubbed "Nation's Demands" organized by the Azov civil corpse ended in a rally near the parliament, where leader of the movement Andriy Biletsky voiced the protesters' demands. He said that the principal demand of Azov is not to hold the elections in the areas controlled by militants in Donbas. "Our main demand is not to hold the elections in Donbas. Because in this case we will lose Crimea completely, and Russia will disappear from all media as an aggressor country. And the West will have the grounds to lift all the sanctions from Russia," he said.

The rally took place peacefully, but after a while, protesters started burning flares and smoke grenades. Then, the situation outside the parliament calmed down and the protesters began to slowly disperse.

According to police, some 2,000 people were participating in the rally. The organizers put the number of participants at 8,000.

Biletsky also said that the Friday rally was a warning. "We're not going to go into the Verkhovna Rada building right now, but we will demand our requirements be met... We will not allow holding elections in Donbas," he said.