About a thousand people of different ages walked in the morning on Khreshchatyk in the direction of the European Square. The march was organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine and the Social Democratic Party, Ukrinform reports..

The participants of the march carried flags with the inscription "Kiev City Trade Union" and the red flags of the Social Democratic Party, as well as homemade slogans. Marsh was accompanied by a car with a loudspeaker on which the banner "Mir-Trud-Pervomaia" was unfolded, and the band of drummers. The demonstration was guarded by about 200 policemen, the situation was calm.

On Monday, May 1, Ukraine marks the International Labor Day. In the central part of Kiev, rallies and mass actions were not planned. Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Igor Kovalenko noted that all three large-scale applications for mass actions were held in the capital on May 1 - from the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Organization of the Council of Veterans in the central part and from independent trade unions - on Truhanov Island.

KPU and the Organization of Veterans announced their intention to move their shares to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. "But at the moment, the preparatory measures for preparing for the 9th of May are also taking place on the territory of the museum," said the deputy head of the Interior Ministry in Kiev.