Ukraine’s ousted President Viktor Yanukovych has accused Kyiv of “setting up a provocation” to “sabotage” his video testimony in a Ukrainian court trial of five former policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of antigovernment protesters in Kyiv in 2014.
Yanukovych, now living in exile in Russia, briefly appeared by video link on November 25 from Rostov-on-Don before a Kyiv courtroom.
But his testimony was postponed until Monday after demonstrators from the Right Sector nationalist group blocked the exit of the jail where the five defendants — former special forces officers — are being held.
“I had preliminary information that the Ukrainian government was …read more
Source: Voice of America
