Ukrainian farmers and activists protest against land sale reform in front of the building of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, in Kyiv on Dec. 17, 2019.

Protesters clashed with police officers near the Ukrainian parliament on Dec. 17, during a rally against the land reform which would finally allow the sale of farmland for the first time since 2001.

The protest that drew several thousand people grew violent when activists from the far-right National Militia (Natsionalni Druzhyny) movement attacked the police officers that guarded the parliament building, hitting them and using tear gas.