KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian LGBTQ activists on Saturday warned of potential violence against this weekend's Kyiv Pride parade amid pressures from far-right groups and the Russian war.

Sunday's event is the first parade in the capital since the beginning of the Russian invasion, which Kyiv often portrays as an existential fight to be part of the West and its liberal values.

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