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"Special Operations Center Moscow police ready to form a battalion of fighters" Berkut ", have issued Russian citizenship and willing to serve in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs" - leads the Itar-Tass news service GU MVD of Russia in Moscow. March 1 Consulate General of Russia in Sebastropol first Russian passports issued to employees of Special Forces "Berkut". Russian citizenship six people.

Riot police in Ukraine fell to their knees to ask for forgiveness for their colleagues who shot and beat antigovernment protesters in the recent Kiev massacre.The extraordinary scenes in Lviv involved the Berkut elite anti-riot force whose members had returned from duty in the capital.They apologised on a stage in front of pro-Europe protesters.

DENVER, - Authorities said a pilot was able to land a kit-built aircraft in Colorado despite the small plane's engine exploding and ripping off its wing. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot, identified as a 54-year-old man from Wellington, Colo., was able to guide the 4-year-old jet-powered Berkut to a field near Loveland and landed without injury at 10 a.m. Sunday, The Denver Post reported Monday. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the turbo-shaft engine of the aircraft, which was deemed airworthy by FAA officials in 2006, exploded in mid-flight and the wings separated from the plane. The FAA said...