Ukrainian politicians are known to get into a brawl every now and then. But usually they’re fighting each other, not their constituents. Over the past few weeks, however, frustrations with the country’s desperate situation—the utter lack of reforms, the massive concessions to pro-Russia rebels in the east, the tanking economy, the dwindling gas supply—have driven Ukrainian activists in multiple cities to come to blows with elected representatives, most of whom have strong ties to the ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

On September 16, parliament member Vitaliy Zhuravsky was attacked and thrown into a dumpster after the government approved a law granting up to three years of self-rule to rebel-held territories in the east