Update: Detained ex-Georgian president escapes with supporters help in Ukraine; marches towards parliament

Hundreds of protesters chanting "Kiev, rise up!" have blocked Ukrainian police as they tried to arrest former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.

Update: Detained ex-Georgian president escapes with supporters help in Ukraine; marches towards parliament

Update 12.38pm: Hundreds of protesters chanting "Kiev, rise up!" have blocked Ukrainian police as they tried to arrest former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.

He later escaped with help from supporters and led them on a march towards parliament, where they planned to call for President Petro Poroshenko to resign.

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