State enterprise of Ukraine did not reveal any facts of using a sniper rifle in Kiev

The chief prosecution has not established the facts of the use of sniper weapons in the Commission of the murders of people during street protests on independence square in Kyiv in February, said zamgenprokurora of Ukraine, Oleksiy Bahanets.

Chief Prosecutor's office is investigating a criminal case related to the mass liquidation of people during street rallies this winter in Kiev. During street clashes 18-20 February lost their lives 67 people and 145 were injured body.

" I have no desire to disappoint you, but unfortunately, we have not established sufficient evidence that in the truth of these 76 persons, 46 of them is on the street Institute, were killed by a sniper rifle, " said the Bahanets at a press conference on the last working day of the week.

according to him, the investigation has videos that recorded the man with the rifle, but in addition, the investigation has found no more compelling physical evidence shooting for citizens of sniper weapons. He said that all the snipers that were involved in the day in anti-terrorist operations are tested, and the investigation had not established their belonging to the deaths.

at the same time, According to the Deputy Prosecutor General, to date, the results of ballistic examination, which confirmed that 10 people were killed in one of the Kalashnikov assault rifle caliber 7, 62.

General Kiev square - Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) - was occupied by supporters of the European integration on November, 21st on the next day after the statement of the government Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later Maydan became the epicenter of conflict between the security forces and active participants: the fiercest battles took place here on the street, adjacent to the square. Numerous protests, dubbed the " evropidan ", were held throughout Ukraine. The result of fighting in the street, during which the opposing political force many times had used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties.

The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century had previously said Moscow has information about what the radical organization " Right branch " could lead the fire of snipers on the Maidan. He said that Moscow has already shared their fears and suspicions with Western partners. Before the world wide web was published the record of a telephone conversation between Minister of foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet and the head of the diplomacy of the EU Catherine Ashton from 26 February. In the conversation Paet specifies the source data Medica Olga Bogomolets, rendering medical assistance to the victims on the Maidan, the snipers who were shooting at people in Kiev. As stated Paet, " is rapidly increasing the understanding that these snipers was not Yanukovych, and behind them there was someone of a new coalition ".

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