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Reuters: Poroshenko says evidence shows Kremlin aide Surkov directed snipers in Kyiv

Published Feb. 20, 2015 at 4:35 pm

A memorial to the 'heavenly hundred' protesters killed during the EuroMaidan Revolution, March 2014.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Feb. 20 that police evidence showed that a top Russian presidential aide, Vladislav Surkov, had directed "foreign sniper groups" who shot and killed protesters in Kyiv a year ago.