Ukrainian part of World Harmony Run began today.

Runners team started from Besarabskaya square in Kiev at noon. There were quite a few Kiev's citizens and guests. Everyone had a possibility to run with Harmony torch: youth and old, children and adults.

Right from the beginning Ukrainian Olympic champion Liliya Podkopaeva run with torch.

After runners passed Kreschatik and Evropeyskaya square, it was a welcome ceremony under the ark of Friendship.

Below you see a moments from the run in Kiev:

Start: Liliya Podkopaeva holding the Harmony Torch

Runners

World Harmony Run passes European square

Oleg Lebedev - World Harmony Run coordinator in Ukraine

Rostislav Karandeev - head of sport committee in Kiev

Vasyl Karlenko - representative of Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine

Leonid Mirsky - representative of ministry of sport of Ukraine

Liliya Podkopaeva - Olympic champion (sport gymnastics), UN ambassador of goodwill:

"We have to take sports, we have to give our personal example to youth and be harmoniously developed not only physically but spiritually. When it will be all together, then I have no doubts that young generation will be healthful."

Ukrainian team sings World Harmony Run song

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