The Trade Unions Building in Kiev. Opposition snipers fired at the police from the third floor of the building, according to a Swedish volunteer in a Ukrainian paramilitary unit.
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The Trade Unions Building in Kiev. Opposition snipers fired at the police from the third floor of the building, according to a Swedish volunteer in a Ukrainian paramilitary unit.
Three weeks ago Mikael Skillt worked for a construction company in Stockholm, Sweden. Today, he is a volunteer in a nationalist organization in Kiev. In an interview with Fria Tider, Skillt tells the story of a Ukraine where the role of the police has been assumed by paramilitary Right-wing groups.
At the end of February, mere days after Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown, Mikael Skillt boarded a plane bound for Kiev. (more…)