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During clashes with nationalists near the office of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, 27 security officers were injured, several of them with burns to their eyes. Kiev police reported this on Facebook.
It is observed that the radicals used gas canisters and fired on police officers and national guards. During the action, 24 people were arrested.
“While law and order were guaranteed on Bankova Street, 27 law enforcement officers were injured. They receive medical assistance, ”police said in a statement.
On February 23, near the office of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, clashes began between security officials and nationalists. The protesters came to express their support for the former head of the Odessa cell of the Right Sector (banned in Russia) Sergei Sternenko, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for kidnapping.
On February 19, it was reported that representatives of the Ukrainian nationalist groups “National Body” and “Right Sector” (both banned in the Russian Federation) went to the office of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and demanded to close the “Pro-Russian Media left in the republic.
The protest action is carried out under the name “Three strikes against Russian agents”. Radicals are demanding to ban media they don’t like, including publications Strana.ua, Vesti.ua and the Nash TV channel.
