Exchange of fire in Kiev Ministry of Agricultural Policy

An exchange of fire started in the Ministry of Agricultural Policy, aif.ua reports. It was not clear who was taking part in it at first. Grenades were blowing up and shooting was all over the building. The group of people who tried to get to the central part of the building claimed that they had been ordered to clear the building. Water was thrown on the attackers from the fifth floor in response to it.

It turned out that the building was assaulted by the so-called’ Sotnya Svyatoslava fighters. According to them, it had been agreed that the building had to be released in exchange for the release of arrested protesters.

The Ministry of Agricultural Policy is surrounded now, nobody is allowed to enter. You can leave it, there are wounded people inside. Doctors have been called for them and there is a priest present there too. Spilna Sprava activists were not informed about the agreement reached by the Maidan defence committee, Svoboda Party and the government, mass media report.

As of 11.50 a.m. EET, the wounded and activists are being led out of the building. The floor is flooded with water. Journalists are not allowed to enter the building.

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