2016 年 3 月 9 日在利沃夫，一群激进分子在乌克兰最高议会的一名代表 V.Parasyuk 带领下包围总领事馆，要求释放乌克兰国民 N. 萨夫琴科。他们试图闯入总领馆的领地。入口处的大门遭破坏。激进分子将鸡蛋和烟雾弹掷入总领馆的领地。V. Parasyuk 闯入总领事馆领地，从旗杆上扯下俄罗斯国旗。他将国旗拿出馆区交给抗议者。抗议者对国旗进行践踏并将其烧毁。
On 9 March 2016, in L’viv, a group of radicals headed by V. Parasyuk, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, who were picketing the Consulate General and demanding the release of the Ukrainian national N. Savchenko, attempted to break into the territory of the Consulate General. The entry gates were damaged and the radicals threw eggs and smoke bombs into the territory of the Consulate General. V. Parasyuk broke into the territory of the Consulate General and tore down the Russian flag from the flagpole. He took it out of the territory and gave it to the protesters, who trampled on and burned it.