Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko says that all Maidan-related criminal proceedings should end in court.

"I'd like to see all those who were involved in killings on the Maidan [pro-European and pro-Ukrainian rallies late in 2013 and early in 2014 mainly on Kyiv's Independence Square and the rest of Ukraine's regional centers] to be tried to court," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.

Lutsenko also said he wanted that "a case probing into the creation of a mafia gang [by ex-President Viktor] Yanukovych" and criminal proceedings against former ministers in Mykola Azarov's government be brought to court too.

"I want court hearings on [ex-Interior Minister Vitaliy] Zakharchenko – he is suspected [of committing a crime], but as they report to me, they are not yet ready to present the charges to court because proof is not available now. The same applies to Mr. Boiko [who was energy minister from 2010 to December 2012 and now leads the Opposition Bloc's parliamentary faction], and [former Environment Minister Mykola] Mr. Zlochevsky. And all this concerns many people who were much mentioned at the rostrums, but so little evidence about them has been gathered," Lutsenko said.

In this context, he stressed that it will be the task of all three investigation departments, which will deal with the cases.

Answering a question regarding high-profile cases, Lutsenko said: "I admit some of these cases could be closed [such as Viacheslav Chornovil's death, journalist Georgy Gongadze's murder, the poisoning of third Ukrainian president Viktor Yuschenko]."

"Unfortunately, I cannot provide the feedback on notorious cases and those of public interest that you have mentioned. I haven't got more information on their status [all criminal cases have been handled by generations of prosecutors]. I can guess that some of them – or maybe even all of them – may have even been closed," Lutsenko said in response to a question about whether the investigation of the mentioned criminal cases will continue.

Lutsenko pledged to inform the public about the progress of the said cases.