Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak and Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin on Friday reported to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that they discovered and partially identified guns, which were used to shoot at Maidan mass protest participants.
The SBU chief reported to the president that in the course of the investigation into the events of the Revolution of Dignity of 2013-2014, the Security Service of Ukraine undertook a number of search operations, as the result of which fragments of 23 firearms used against Maidan activists were found, the president’s press service reported.
The weapons were mechanically damaged, ID numbers were filed off. Following the examination, the Security Service identified 12 out of 23 weapons.
“With a high degree of probability we can say that these are the fragments of 22 Kalashnikov rifles, one Kalashnikov machine gun and a 12th caliber gauge smooth bore hunting gun,” Hrytsak said.
These data were submitted to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry.
In turn, Prosecutor General Shokin said: “The investigation have proven completely and unquestioningly that Maidan activists were killed with the use of these weapons.”
He promised to announce soon the specific case, in which these weapons were used.
