General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkrainian far-right figure shot dead by police
(Reuters) - A prominent Ukrainian far-right activist, part of a hard-line nationalist movement that played a leading role in the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich, was shot dead by police overnight, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Interior Ministry said Oleksander Muzychko, also known as Sashko Bily, was killed by officers of the 'Sokol' special unit as he tried to escape from a cafe in the western Ukrainian region of Rivne.
"At the moment of arrest, at shouts of "Stop! Police!", Muzychko fled, jumping through a window, and opened fire", first deputy Interior Minister Volodymyr Yevdokimov told a news conference in Kiev. The officers returned fire, killing Muzychko, he said.
Muzychko was a member of the hard-line Right Sector and the group's coordinator for western Ukraine, the country's nationalist heartland bordering the European Union. Police said he was wanted for "hooliganism" and an attack on a local prosecutor.
...
Contradicting the police account, independent lawmaker Oleksander Doniy said on his Facebook page that Muzychko had been executed. Muzychko had previously said he feared being killed by police.
"Two vehicles cut off his car. He was dragged out and put in one of them. Then he was thrown on the ground, hands cuffed behind his back, two shots to the heart," wrote Doniy, without saying where he got his information.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-ukraine-crisis-farright-idUSBREA2O0O020140325
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)The struggle for power in the new government commences. I can imagine Putin sitting back watching this become a circular firing squad.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)"We cannot silently accept the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's active counterrevolutionary activities. In this connection, we demand Interior Minister Arsen Avakov's immediate dismissal, and we demand the arrest of the Sokil special task force commander and all those guilty of [Muzychko's] murder," Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh said at a news conference in Kiev on Tuesday.
"Counterrevolutionary pressure on Maidan and Right Sector as the vanguard of our revolution" has been noticeable of late, Yarosh said.
"Our brother-in-arms Aleksander Muzychko's murder - and this is exactly how we interpret what happened last night - confirms this," Yarosh said. Right Sector understands that "many want to unsettle and destabilize the situation in Ukraine," he said.
"Right Sector has favored and favors peace, calmness, and stability in our state and will do anything it can so that no incidents happen in Ukraine," Yarosh said. Ukrainian First Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Yevdokymov had said at a news briefing in Kiev on Tuesday morning that Myzychko, who had earlier been declared wanted as a member of an organized criminal gang, had been fatally wounded after opening fire on law enforcement members trying to detain him in the Rivne region in the early hours of Tuesday.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_25/Ukrainian-radicals-demand-Interior-Ministers-dismissal-for-its-activist-murder-4458/
If they want to survive, the moderates have to liquidate the Right Sector.
rdharma
(6,057 posts).... like it's happened before......
