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Boyko raised from his seat and punched Liashko in the face several times; Liashko took a defensive position without fighting back, an UNIAN correspondent reported.

Later, Boyko again attempted to hit Liashko, when the latter asked why such politicians as Boyko were not in jail. Liashko also called Opposition Bloc members, including Boyko, "survived allies of [former President Viktor] Yanukovych."

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