Among the victims are the MP.
The police began to storm the tent camp on the street Grushevskogo. The assault began at approximately 17.20. Commandos launched an attack on the tents on Grushevskogo street from the corner of mulberry street and Grushevskogo.
Militiamen ran to the first tent, but the activists began to fight back. Security forces used tear gas, among the victims was the MP from the “Samopomich” Yegor Sobolev. However, the police immediately retreated to the area of the square of the Constitution, thereby stopping the assault.
At the time of the assault the majority of the activists were on the corner of Grushevskogo and Lipski, where, according to preliminary data, it was planned hike protesters to the presidential Administration of Ukraine. Also on the corner of Grushevskogo and Lipsky is a cordon of national guardsmen and commandos numbering up to 300 people.
At the moment the situation is calm, but after an attempt to assault activists, some of them using scrap and other iron objects started to pull the tiles from the sidewalk to the street Grushevskogo. Part of the activists to convince them that you do not need. While dismantled no more than 10 tiles.
We will remind, according to media reports, the protesters seized several police shields. Well as unknown young men in masks began to disassemble the pavement next to the tent city. As reported the UNIAN, yesterday, on October 17, under the Verkhovna Rada the meeting began, the participants of which demand the abolition of parliamentary immunity, changes in the electoral legislation and create an anti-corruption court.
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Organizers of the campaign are the party “Union “Samopomich”, “batkivshyna”, “Movement new forces”, “5.10”, “Freedom”, “national body”, “Right sector” and several community organizations. During the day, there were clashes between police and protesters. The protesters have declared their intention to remain under the BP building at least until Thursday, because they see that on 19 October the Parliament will consider their demands.
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