Involvement of Russian snipers in shooting of Maidan activists still unconfirmed – PGO

12:43, 19.11.2015 1 min read

Investigators have not received confirmation of the involvement of Russian snipers in the shooting of protesters on Maidan in February 2014, however their possible involvement cannot be ruled out, the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has said.

"There is no data about the operation of Russian snipers as alleged by the former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine [Valentyn Nalyvaichenko]…Concerning the snipers – information hasn't been confirmed yet, still, [their involvement] hasn't been dismissed," head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the PGO Serhiy Horbatiuk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.