112.ua: British police to join law enforcers during Champions League final in Kyiv

Published May 18, 2018 at 5:43 pm

British police officers stand on duty as members of the Army work in a residential street in Alderholt, southern England, on March 15, 2018, as investigations and operations continue in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack in Salisbury on March 4.Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats over the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy, and suspended high-level contacts, including for the World Cup, as the US joined it in blasting Moscow at the UN on March 14. British Prime Minister Theresa May told Britain's parliament that Russia had failed to respond to her demand for an explanation on how a Soviet-designed chemical, Novichok, was used in the English city of Salisbury on March 4.

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British law enforcers will join the public order maintenance during the Champions League final 2017/18 which is to be held in Kyiv, as Judith Gough, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine, stated at the meeting with Arsen Avakov, Ukraine’s Internal Minister, the press-office of the Internal Ministry reports.

“We know that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have great experience in mass events. Most of the fans will behave peacefully, but there might be some security violations. At the beginning of the next week British police officers will join to help,” she stated.