As many as 234 people have been detained during the current protests in Ukraine, and 140 of them have been arrested, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office reported on Jan. 30.
“Four people have died, including Interior Ministry officials, and
over 500 people, including 253 law enforcement officials, have sustained
bodily injuries,” it said.
The numerous offences that have been committed lately have produced
an erroneous feeling of impunity, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
“This has resulted in violations of public order, mass unrest, the use
of weapons, seizures of office of government bodies, and attempts to set
up actually parallel pseudo-governance bodies,” it said.
There have also been numerous violations of the constitution and
other laws on the part of local self-government bodies, and prosecution
authorities have appealed these actions through courts, it said.
The Verkhovna Rada has continued a search for a political compromise
by passing legislation headlined ‘On eliminating negative consequences
and preventing prosecution and punishment of individuals in connection
with the events that have taken place during the mass protest actions,’
it said.
