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Kiev meets third anniversary of «Euromaidan» under threat of terrorist attacks

02:10, 22.11.2016Society

Kiev is meeting the anniversary of mass protests in 2013 under the threat of terrorist attacks. The elevated terrorist threat during the events of 21 and 22 November, informed the Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Zorian Shkiryak on his Facebook page.

He noted that 6,000 police officers would be involved in maintaining the public order in Kiev.

Earlier, the National Police of Ukraine said that about 66 thousand people across the country were expected to take part in mass actions on the occasion of the anniversary of riots in 2013.

According to the Ukrainian media, the nationalist marches to mark the anniversary of the «Euromaidan» can escalate into large-scale protests. At the same time, several generals have gone on vacation in order not to participate in the dispersal of protests on these days.

According to: РИА Новости