Ukrainians make human chain for Belarus protesters

Around 1,000 residents of Kyiv formed a human chain in solidarity with Belarusian protesters on Sunday.

Both Ukrainians and Belarusians living in Kyiv attended, marching from city's Belarusian embassy to Independence Square, centre of Ukraine's 2014 protest movement.

"Belarusians haven't been free for a very long time; we were like a coiled spring.

And w we're rey to go, to reach our potential," said Andrei Strizhak, a Belarusian activist in Ukrainian capital.

At end of demonstration, a picture of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was set alight by demonstrators.

(Representative Im)