1 thousand Berkut members fled without laying own arms

Over a thousand Berkut members fled after the victory of the revolution in Ukraine, he said. They did not hand in their weapons.

Berkut participated in the clashes in Kiev and brutally dispersed street actions. Berkut members wounded Yuri Lustenko in the head on the night of January 11. The special unit was liquidated after the government in Kiev had changed. Some of its members fled to Crimea or abroad (namely to Russia) to avoid punishment.

It is also necessary to close down the special unit of the internal troops Omega and to call its members to account for shooting at people in Maidan. It is necessary to create a new unit for resisting anti-government actions, he told UNIAN. 

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