The Kharkiv regional branch of the Svoboda all-Ukrainian Union will hold a protest action during Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's visit to the city on August 23.

The picket will start at 1000 at in front of the building of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, the organization's press service reported.

Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Serhiy Liovochkin said earlier that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych would make a working visit to Kharkiv on August 23 to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of the city's liberation from German occupation.