The 35 people who were detained by police at a pro-European rally at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the center of Kyiv have been released after administrative reports were drawn up on them, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
"The law enforcement arrived at Independence
Square after they received a report from the Kyiv State City
Administration's public utilities department. 'Berkut' [special police
task force] started acting after the demonstrators resisted police and
pelt them with trash, glasses, bottles with water, and burning sticks.
As a result, 35 people were detained. Administrative reports have been
drawn up on them, and they have been released," it said.
After
students present at Independence Square declared the suspension of the
protest and started to break up on Friday evening, workers from the Kyiv
State City Administration tried to send sweeping trucks and other
vehicles there to resume preparations for the New Year festivities, it
said.
"Despite repeated explanations given to the demonstrators on the need to ensure passage for the vehicles and warnings about responsibility for resisting the utility workers, they barred the vehicles from passing and were behaving aggressively. The utility workers asked the city police to ensure unimpeded passage of vehicles to Independence Square," it said.
After police
arrived at the scene, the demonstrators, grossly violating public order,
started pelting the law enforcement officials with trash, glasses,
bottle with water and burning sticks, after which the police ousted the
demonstrators from Independence Square, the statement says.
Thirty-five
people were detained and brought to police stations to hold them
administratively liable for disorderly conduct and resistance to law
enforcement officials, after which they all were released, it said.
Police will launch inquiries in all complaints about injuries during the
conflict it might receive from people, it said.
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