On February 20, 2014, the former commander of the Lviv Berkut, Rostislav Patselyak, was handed another suspicion of appropriating 10 Fort-500 M-1 pump-action shotguns. He appropriated the weapon in order to hide the fact of its use against protesters on the streets of Institutskaya, Shelkovichnaya and Krepostny Lane in Kyiv on February 18, 2014, reports the Office of the Prosecutor General. Then, three protesters died from gunshot wounds, 10 received gunshot wounds of varying severity..

Law enforcers remind that the ex-commander of " On April 23, 2023, he was taken into custody on this episode of the criminal case..

In general, the defendant is charged with the execution of a clearly criminal order, abuse of power and official authority by a law enforcement officer, illegal obstruction of a meeting, rallies, street marches and demonstrations, premeditated murders and completed attempted murders, causing grievous bodily harm. articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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Earlier, the Kiev Court of Appeal arrested the former commander of the Lviv Berkut.