New Video of Deadly February Shootings in Kiev

On April 3, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs released new video showing the deadly attack on anti-government protesters in Kiev on February 20. Dozens of people were shot dead and many more wounded in the attack. The video shows armed special forces police approaching Independence Square from the direction of Instytutska Street.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on April 3 that 17 protesters were killed by employees of the Berkut special police force on Instytutska Street on February 20.

At 4:30 in the video, a police officer appears to be wounded. Some 16 police officers were killed in the violence from February 18 to March 2. Credit: YouTube/Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukraine