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At least 300 people gathered in downtown Kharkiv today to protest the treatment of cats and dogs before the upcoming EURO 2012 championship. Organized by the Animal Help League, the protest promoted the sterilization of stray animals rather than killing them, the sterilization of pets to avoid creating new stray animals, and decrying the cruelty of poisoning stray animals to get them off the streets before the tourists arrive for the football championships. 

Participants chanted “Stop Killing Animals” as they marched from Constitution Square to Freedom Square. 

Opening of the “Construction” exhibition at the new Yermilov Center in Kharkiv on Thursday evening. The show features constructivist and post-constructivist artists from Kharkiv, Ukraine, ranging from the classic work of painter Vasyl Yermilov (1894-1968) to contemporary artists Pavlo Makov and Hamlet Zinkovskyi.