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​Ukrainian crisis: January 11

The latest events from Ukraine.

​Ukrainian crisis: January 11
Yuriy Lutsenko
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Ukrainian crisis: January 10

Ukrainian crisis: January 9

8:27. Former interior minister and head of the public organization 'Ukrainian Third Republic' Yuriy Lutsenko intends to contact the police with respect to events on Peremohy Avenue, where he suffered a head injury.

9:05. Lawmaker, co-chair of the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee EU-Ukraine and Foreign Minister in 2009-2010 Petr Poroshenko met U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland in Trakai, Lithuania, at the annual informal meeting of the EU foreign minister.

'The action plan was presented to the Association Agreement, which is based on democracy and European values and European integration to realize the direction of our country. We also shaped its clear directions after signing the cooperation with the European Union', said Poroshenko at a briefing to Lithuanian and international media.

9:52. Kyiv Prosecutor's Office started legal proceedings on the article 'abuse of power' on use of force against citizens by the Special Forces 'Berkut' fighters yesterday near Kyiv Sviatoshynsky District Court, which announced the six-year imprisonment to 'Vasilkovsky terrorists' - Mosiychuk Igor, Sergei Bevza and Vladimir Bevza. The article of manufacture - "abuse of power".

On August 26, 2011, three members of the nationalist organization 'Patriot of Ukraine' were taken into custody on charges of plans to demolish the monument to Lenin. Mosiychuk Igor and Sergei Bevz were deputies of Vasilkov City Council, and Vladimir Bevza - assistant deputy of Vasilkov City Council.

11:40. The Ministry of Interior reported that 20 'Berkut' fighters were injured during the confrontation with the activists under Kyiv Sviatoshynsky District Court on Friday evening.

11:52. Eleven activists were injured in clashes near Kyiv Sviatoshynsky District Court and on Peremohy Avenue, near Sviatoshynkyi police station.

12:10. Former interior minister and head of the public organization 'Ukrainian Third Republic' Yuriy Lutsenko was hospitalized after a clash between activists and 'Berkut' fighters near Sviatoshynskyi police department.

12:40. Kyiv police opened several criminal proceedings in relation to the events that took place in the court and outside Sviatoshynskyi police department in Ukrainian capital.

13:18. The opposition faction 'Batkivshchyna' lawmaker Andriy Shevchenko believes that action under Sviatoshynskyi police department this night may be considered successful.

13:26. About 20 people made an attempt to disassemble a barricade build by Euromaidan activists near the building of the Central department store at Khreschatyk in Kyiv.

13:30. Athletic young people blocked the way out of the room on Chernyshevsky Street in Kharkov, where registration of the participants of the First Ukrainian Euromaidan Forum is held.

15:04. About 20 LGBT activists were attacked near Euromaidan barricades near the Central department store in Kyiv.

15:20. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt condemned the latest violence against Euromaidan activists on the night of January 11.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote in his Twitter: 'Violence against demonstrators in Kiev very worrying. All must refrain from all violence. Authorities have a particular responsibility'.

British Minister for Europe David Lidington wished ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko a speedy recovery.

16:17. Ukrainian court has refused to begin a trial of President Viktor Yanukovich because of the violent dispersal of Euromaidan demonstrators on November 30 in Kyiv.

16:45. Investigators of Kyiv Prosecutor's Office could not interrogate former interior minister and head of the public organization 'Ukrainian Third Republic' Yuriy Lutsenko and his wife Irina over the incident at Svyatoshynskyi district of the capital. When they came to the hospital where he's been treated, he was sleeping.

16:59. The opposition party 'UDAR' leader Vitali Klitschko addressed European politicians and German lawmakers requesting asap impose sanctions against the Ukrainian government.

17:26. The European Union is concerned about the use of force on Saturday night near Kiiv Sviatoshynsky district court and Sviatoshynsky police department.

17:46. Unidentified men destroyed a statue of Lenin In Krivoy Rog, not far from the train station 'Krivoy Rog - Zapadniy'.

19:09. About 20-30 unidentified men broke into and trashed the bookstore 'E' in Kharkov, where a group of civic education was working as a part of Euromaidan forum.

22:48. The opposition is going to nominate the opposition party 'UDAR' leader Vitali Klitschko as a single candidate in the presidential elections.

23:27. 'Berkut' special forces employees where beating LB.ua photo-reporter Max Levin knowing that he was a journalist, says his statement to the police about a fight under Kyiv Svyatoshinsky district court.

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