“If they are really sorry, they will turn in the people who gave the orders to shoot.”
-Most of the Berkut riot police were young, broke Russian sympathizers bussed in from the east side of Ukraine. When Ukrainian farmers found out what was going on, they ambushed the busses, and forced these Berkut to walk back home, unarmed and unharmed. Only 10 police died, while thousands of protesters were seriously injured by the Berkut riot police.
I would encourage you all to read this article below, titled
“Point of No Return”
This story is about a journalist who is engaged a Berkut police Officer. She related on live TV from Kiev, how the Berkut police shot two of her journalist friends DEAD, merely observing the protests.
Here are her own words:
Point of No Return
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1393096910
“You probably want to hear a story from me about how with my bare hands I restrained a whole Berkut unit, And how one of the Berkut officers fell in love with me and I fell in love with him. But I’m going to tell you another story. About how with my bare hands I dragged the bodies of those killed the day before yesterday. And about how two of my friends died yesterday. . … I hate Zakharchenko, Klyuev, Lukash, Medvedchuk, Azarov.”
-”I hate Yanukovych and all those who carry out their criminal orders. I came here today only because I found out that this is a live broadcast. I want to say that I also despise Inter because for three months it deceived viewers and spread enmity among citizens of this country. And now you are calling for peace and unity. Yes, you have the right to try to clear your conscience, but I think you should run this programme on your knees. I’ve brought these photos here for you, so that you see my dead friends in your dreams and understand that you also took part in that. And now, I’m sorry, I don’t have time. I’m going to Maidan. Glory to Ukraine”. -Lidia Pankiv, Ukrainian journalist (who is engaged to a Berkut police officer.)
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Compare to the Chinese soldiers at Tiananmen Square.
They were all from outer provinces, could barely understand the Mandarin dialect, and were told the people in Beijing looked down on back country hicks.
They, like the imported Russian Ukrainians, would not have fired on people they perceived to be like them.
Now keep that in mind every time an urban politician disparages The South, Flyover Country, or...