"In Kyiv, war"

The latest news from the New Times from the Maidan

02/20/2014 15:06

Today in Kyiv the police opened fire with combat cartridges. Ten killed, several dozen wounded. This is a war.

In the morning, the "Right Sector" said that he did not recognize the truce, and resumed active actions. The protesters managed to drive the policemen from the square - back to Institutskaya - and again occupy the street Grushevsky.

They took the Ukrainian house again. There were wounded police officers. Two parliamentarians came from the police - a colonel and someone else, without weapons, asked to withdraw their wounded. They were given a corridor, the police took their wounded.

They took ten prisoners. And one sniper - with a rifle in his hands. I myself have not seen this, I can’t confirm.

Departing, the police began to shoot. Fighting. From Kalashnikov machine guns.

Now shooting continues at the institute. It is dangerous to cross the street. People are clinging to the walls. Due to the line of burning tires that the protesters still managed to set fire, a sniper works. Constantly.

A lot of blood. Doctors are all in the blood. One guy, young, blooded blood from his feet and to the head - even a helmet in the blood - cries. Bad to a guy.

A lot of broken shields. A lot of blood on the asphalt.

A lot of wounded. They are still taken out. The problem is that they cannot be sent to hospitals - from there they are taken by the SBU (the Security Service of Ukraine) and takes them in an unknown direction.

And on the Maidan itself are ten corpses. Now they are buried. Then they will try to identify. Then they will take it off.

Everyone expects a response assault. Preparing. But they understand that if the police opened fire to defeat, barricades, and most likely the Maidan itself, cannot be kept. It all started very seriously. But people are ready for battle. There is no oppression, as, indeed, excitement - there is a realistic assessment of the situation.

The situation entered its final stage. I think the denouement will be in the near future.