Head of the Prosecutor General's Office specialized investigations
department Serhiy Horbatiuk said this at the briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, an
Ukrinform correspondent reports.
The suspects are ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, ex-interior
minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko and ex-secretary of the National Security and
Defense Council Andriy Kliuyev.
"As you know, November 21, the former leadership of Ukraine, acting
solely in their own interests, not related to the interests of the state,
decided to abandon the path of European integration. As a result, exclusively
peaceful protests in support of the European integration of the country started
in Kyiv. However, that situation did not satisfy the former leadership of the
country, and the protesters were dispersed in violent way at night of November
30. The people, directly responsible for the crackdown on Maidan, were
commander of the Kyiv special operations regiment Kusiuk and deputy [Kyiv
police chief] Fedchuk," he said.
According to Horbatiuk, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has
established the direct organizers of the crackdown on Maidan. In particular,
personally Yanukovych made the decision while Zakharchenko and Kliuyev
organized the implementation of the plan.
"The investigation established that the decision on the crackdown
of Maidan by means of force was made directly by former president [Yanukovych].
The instructions to implement this plan were given to Ukraine's former interior
minister [Vitalyi Zakharchenko] and [former] National Security and Defense
Council secretary Andriy Kliuyev," he said.
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