Documents reveal huge government assault was planned to ‘cleanse’ protesters from Kiev

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Documents reveal huge government assault was planned to ‘cleanse’ protesters from Kiev
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:08 EST

Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovych drew up a large-scale “anti-terrorist” operation involving 22,000 security forces to “cleanse” protesters from Kiev, leaked documents show — a plan opponents say would have caused even greater bloodshed.

Parts of the operation — detailed in official memos handed to a lawmaker by security officials — appear to have been set in motion when deadly clashes erupted last week between protesters and police. But for unknown reasons, others failed to materialise, allowing protesters to resist and eventually fight back.

“These documents, detailing the criminal activities of those in charge of the security forces, were passed on to me by patriotic members of the SBU (intelligence and security services) and the interior ministry,” legislator and former deputy interior minister Gennady Moskal wrote on his site, where the documents were published.

“It’s about understanding the nature and magnitude of the crimes committed by the previous government and taking those responsible to court,” said Moskal, a member of the party of freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.