Riot police counterattack in Kiev, catapult destroyed (video)

Berkut riot police forces armed with batons and shields approached the protesters’ defence in groups. They threw stones and used flash-bang grenades. They reached the catapult built by radicals yesterday and destroyed it. Then the riot police retreated. The clothes of one of the protesters caught fire during the attack but it was put out quickly, RIA Novosti reports.

The protesters started attacking and took the earlier positions – the police retreated and hid behind burnt vehicles.   

The yesterday’s catapult tests were not a success. Demonstrators were still working on it, UNIAN notes.

Photo: ria.ru, UNIAN