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Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada temporary inquiry panel on investigating the illegal actions of the police and individual officials during the protest events from Nov. 2013 to Feb. 2014, Hennadiy Moskal, has reported that Alfa special police force were ordered to liquidate all leaders of the opposition.

“Yes, they received [the task of destroying all opposition leaders],” Moskal told the journalists in Kyiv on Thursday.

He reminded that it was planned that on Feb. 18 it would have
been a successful attack of the Berkut riot police and Interior Troops
on Maidan during the anti-terrorist operation and people, who are on the
platform, the opposition leaders as well, will move to the Trade Union
House.

As Moskal said, 238 Alfa special force officers entered the Trade House.

However, he denied that Alfa employees set fire to the House of Trade
Unions and said that the Maidan protesters had been responsible for the
burning of the building.