Chaos as Ukraine votes on fleet

**A smoke bomb has been thrown in the Ukrainian parliament amid protests over Kiev’s extension of the lease on a Russian naval base in Ukraine.**Fighting had reportedly broken out in the parliament and the speaker was pelted with eggs, while thousands of protesters gathered outside.

Kiev has prolonged the lease on the Sevastopol base by 25 years in return for cheaper supplies of Russian gas.

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has been in Kiev amid improving ties.

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