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The law enforcement agencies have launched criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 294 (mass riots) in connection with the demolition of the Lenin monument in central Kyiv.

“The information has been included in the unified register, criminal
proceedings have been opened under Part 1 of Article 294 – mass riots,”
Interfax-Ukraine learned at Kyiv police head office on Sunday evening.

The police said that they had not detained anyone yet.

As reported, on Sunday evening a group of unidentified people tore
down a monument to Lenin which stood in Besarabska Square near
Khreschatyk, the main street in Kyiv.