An estimated 50,000
pro-Western Ukrainians massed on Sunday in the heart of An estimated 50,000
pro-Western Ukrainians massed on Sunday in the heart of
The
49-year-old member of jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko’s cabinet was
transferred out of intensive care on Saturday evening after being attacked by
truncheon-wielding police during a small protest the night before.
“He
received about 10 blows to the head,” the former interior minister’s
spokeswoman said. “No one is allowed to see him except for his closest
relatives.”
Nearly
20 activists were injured when they tried to prevent the police from moving to
jail three young men who were sentenced to six years for allegedly plotting to
blow up a statue of Soviet founder Lenin in 2011.
PHOTO
Yuriy Lutsenko get first aid after he was
beaten 10 times by Berkut