Ukrainian Police Have Now Been Authorized To Use Deadly Force

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kiEtYmwoFLs" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ukrainian Police Given Firearms, Party Of Regions Splintering -- Novinite</b></span></div><br />Ukrainian police were given firearms and were allowed to use them in accordance with the law by the Interior Ministry.<br /><br />In a statement published Thursday afternoon, acting minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko, who announced the decision, blamed the unrest "solely on opposition leaders and radicals".<br /><br />He justified his decision to allow police to use combat weapons by saying that the participants in the unrest ignore the demands of Ukrainian officials. The Interior Ministry, in his words, is in charge of maintaining the order and restoring tranquility in the country.<br /><br />Zakharchenko also underscored that oppositional leaders do not wish to disunite themselves from the radical elements and provoke the latter for actions of violence.<br /><br />Tension is still on the rise in Ukraine as hopes for supporting overnight's temporary truce are now completely abandoned.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=158386">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Ukrainian Police Forces Being Authorized To Use Deadly Force</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://rt.com/news/ukraine-kiev-firearms-weapons-police-934/">Kiev allows police to use firearms, demands armed rioters lay down weapons</a> -- RT<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-ukraine-police-weapons-idUSBREA1J17U20140220">Ukrainian police armed with combat weapons: interior ministry</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://en.ria.ru/world/20140220/187726857/Ukrainian-Police-Authorized-to-Use-Live-Ammo-as-Battle-Rages.html">Ukrainian Police Authorized to Use Live Ammo as Battle Rages </a>-- Ria Novosti<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> As I had predicted last night .... the truce has collapsed. With the regions now splintering and government offices being attacked .... the police have now been authorized to use deadly force. My prediction still holds ....we are now one step away from the Ukrainian government authorizing a State of Emergency and declaring Marshall law .... and if the violence continues .... this decree will be ordered once the Olympics are over in Sochi.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/world/europe/ukraine.html">As Deaths Rise in Kiev, So Do Fears Ukraine Will Use Troops</a> -- New York Times

Ukrainian Police Have Now Been Authorized To Use Deadly Force

Ukrainian Police Given Firearms, Party Of Regions Splintering -- Novinite Ukrainian police were given firearms and were allowed to use them ...

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