Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov was not present and did not speak on Constitution Square in front of the Verkhovna Rada, where a rally in support of the current authorities and the head of state is being held, his spokeswoman, Alla Kozakova, has said.

"This is untrue. Oleksandr Pavlovych [Popov] was not there," she told Interfax-Ukraine.