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"I did not want to kill anyone"
The story of the participant of Euromaidan, who shot at police officers in Kyiv: BBC News
At the end of February 2014, shooting began in the center of Kyiv, as a result of which dozens of demonstrators who took part in a multi -month protest rally died. A year later, it is so unclear who and on whose order opened fire: supporters of Euromaidan are accused of Yanukovych’s murders, there is a version of planned provocation. BBC News journalists managed to talk with a person from among the demonstrators, who, according to him, shot on February 20 at police officers.
A man who calls himself Sergey (there is no other information about his personality) was a participant in Euromaidan for a month; At the end of January 2014, a certain retired military man “recruited him as a potential shooter. Sergei explains that he agreed to participate in a shootout with the police, because "it was necessary to defend his country." On the evening of February 19, after the confrontation on the streets of Kyiv became hardened and flowed into shootings, a certain person met with Sergey and offered him a choice of shotgun and hunting rifle "Saiga". The demonstrator, who served in the army, chose Saigu; The gun was hidden in the post of post office next to the building of the Kyiv Conservatory, controlled by demonstrators.
Early on the morning of February 20, shooting began in Kyiv. At about seven in the morning, Sergey was accompanied to the conservatory, where he shot at the police with another armed demonstrator for 20 minutes. Then several people from the group of the Euromaidan commandant Andrei Parubiy, who monitored the order on the streets of Kyiv during the protest, asked Sergey to stop shooting and helped him leave Kyiv. They said that there were no complaints about Sergey, but the shooting should be stopped. According to the demonstration, he did not want to shoot anyone and aimed at his feet. Who exactly gave Sergey weapons and instructed him to fire at the police from the building of the conservatory.
The information that there were armed demonstrators in the conservatory appeared earlier. Parubiy argued that his people on the morning of February 20, after reports of shooting from the conservatory, inspected the building and did not find any demonstrators with weapons.
Despite the story of Sergey, it is still unknown who was the first to open fire on February 20 on the streets of Kyiv - dozens of people died as a result of this shootout. Some demonstrators were killed by snipers located on skyscrapers in the center of Kyiv. Only three employees of the Ukrainian police were accused of involvement in the death of 39 demonstrators; He who killed the rest and who will be responsible for the death of the policemen is unknown.
“I did not want to shoot anyone and kill anyone. But this was the situation. I do not feel like some kind of hero. On the contrary, I sleep badly, I am tormented by nightmares. I try to keep myself in my hands, but I constantly nervous. I have nothing to be proud of. Shooting is very simple. Living further after that is what is difficult. But it was necessary to defend your country ”(English.).