Several hundred protesters on Sunday marched to the Russian embassy in Kiev and demanded the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.
Savchenko was captured in June 2014 while fighting with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
She is now on trial in Russia, accused of acting as a spotter who called in coordinates for a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists and several other civilians.
The protesters chanted "Shame on Russia" and "Freedom to Savchenko," an embassy spokesman told the Interfax news agency.
Some of the protesters pelted the building with eggs, while one man in uniform was seen inside the embassy grounds, breaking a glass window with a stone.
The protest followed a rally on Independence Square where about 2,000 people demonstrated to call for Savchenko's release.
Savchenko was captured in June 2014 while fighting with a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
She is now on trial in Russia, accused of acting as a spotter who called in coordinates for a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists and several other civilians.
Savchenko declared a hunger strike on Thursday after a judge adjourned her trial for a week and didn't allow her to give her final statement.
Prosecutors have asked for Savchenko to be found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
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