On 10 January , Berkut riot police clashed with protesters near Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion district court in Sviatoshyn neighborhood of Kiev , where guilty verdicts against the so-called " Vasylkiv terrorists " were announced . The Patriot of Ukraine group members were given 6-year sentences for ' trying to blow up a non-existent Vladimir Lenin statue ' ( a local city council already dismantled the Lenin monument before the alleged plot was discovered ) ; critics called the court proceedings a sham . After the court verdict was announced , protesters ( more than 100 ) decided to block the prisoner transport bus , after which hundreds of riot police were dispatched , who used tear gas and batons . More than a dozen people got injured , some of them seriously , with reports of multiple broken hands and legs , as well as head injuries . Opposition leader Yuri Lutsenko was among the injured , photographed with bloody head wounds and knocked unconscious before being taken to a hospital for intensive care . A witness account stated that police targeted Lutsenko , dragging him into a bus where he was beaten . Three members of the Svoboda Party were also injured ; as well as two photojournalists , whose camera equipment was broken by police . European Union and American officials condemned the attack , with US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt saying " Lutsenko will be remembered as hero of EuroMaidan " for trying to intervene in the confrontation between police and protesters . The three opposition party leaders ( Klitschko , Yatseniuk , and Tyahnybok ) issued a joint statement condemning the assault , categorizing it as attempted murder
Vasylkiv terrorists
Vasylkiv terrorists case
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