UPD: 11/12/2013 The beginning of the assault on EuroMaidan. Photoreport from the center of Kiev on the night of December 11

On Wednesday night, December 11, around 1:00 am, the soldiers of the internal troops and the special unit Berkut launched a large-scale operation to clean the central streets of the capital from the barricades of protesters, carrying out the court's decision to prohibit the blocking of traffic. The strengthened forces of the siloviki began to push the participants of the Euro-protests to the Independence Square, moving to the central square from the European and Mikhailovskaya squares, as well as the Institutskaya Street.

Recall that by morning the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vitaly Zakharchenko made an official statement about the events that occur on the Independence Square. In particular, the minister noted that the actions of the authorities were caused "solely by the desire to ensure the observance of the legitimate rights of the inhabitants of Kiev," and also assured that there would be no dispersal of the Maidan.