Protesters took to the streets of Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday (July 17) to express their anger at amendments to a bill that delays the teaching of the Ukrainian language in the country's education system.

Footage shows protesters lighting a "fire" with smoke bombs, placed below a poster with the words, "Do not pour oil on the fire, do not touch the language."

The bill that would make the Ukrainian language compulsory in schools has been delayed until 2023.

On July 17, in the center of Kiev, there are again protests against changes to the language law, which will allow for 3 years to delay the transition of Russian-language schools to Ukrainian. In this regard, the protesters staged a kind of performance - they built a fire, in which they put smoke bombs and lit them. Above the "fire" was placed a poster with the words " Do not pour oil on the fire, do not touch the language."