The commander ensured, without proper grounds and in violation of the standards of the current law, the indiscriminate use of special methods and firearms by Berkut fighters.
The former commander of the special police battalion Berkut of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Lviv region was notified on suspicion of organizing illegal blocking of protest actions on February 18, 2014 in the central part of Kiev. This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
“According to the investigation, the suspect, following clear criminal orders of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev, organized a terrorist act of subordinate employees to scare the population. His goal is to stop the mass movement of protesters from Maidan Nezalezhnosti to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The protesters plan to publicly express support for the vote of the people’s representatives for the return to 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, which provided for limiting the powers of the president.
It was also noted that the former law enforcement officer, without appropriate grounds and in violation of the norms of the current law, ensured the indiscriminate use of special methods and firearms by Berkut fighters.
“Such actions of the former commander of the ‘Berkut’ battalion led to the killing of 3 protesters, the imposition of serious bodily harm on 5, medium severity – 43, light – 77. Currently, a number of leaders of internal affairs bodies, who directly organized the commission of these events, were brought to criminal responsibility for these events.crimes, including the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, his deputy, the leadership of Main Department of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev, as well as performers from the employees of ILO Berkut,” the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.
The suspect was charged with organizing, pursuant to clear criminal orders, abuse of power and official authority of a law enforcement officer, illegal obstruction of a meeting, rallies, street marches and demonstrations, deliberate killings and completed attempted murders, resulting in a deliberate body. damage and committing a terrorist act.
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Source: korrespondent
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