Maidan case

Maidan shootings: Preparatory hearing in case against Yanukovych and security forces has been delayed since June 2024 Since June 2024, the Brovary City District Court has been holding a preparatory hearing in the case against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and security forces on charges of organizing the dispersal and shooting of activists on February 18-20, 2014, on the Maidan. The case is being delayed. 20.02.25 18:27 1 173 14 Previously in trend: Maidan crackdown Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Not single judge or prosecutor who prosecuted Euromaidan participants has been convicted - Prosecutor General’s Office There are no indictments against judges or prosecutors who prosecuted participants in the Revolution of Dignity. 21.11.24 14:26 3 134 40 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Court acquits persecutors of 72-year-old Maidan activist Mykola Pasichnyk - journalist The Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv acquitted the defendants in the case of Maidan activist Mykola Pasichnyk, who was sent to a detention centre after being beaten during the Revolution of Dignity. 15.11.24 16:43 15 043 111 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Ex-commander of "Berkut" Patseliak, who led crackdown on Maidan, released on bail The Pechersk court granted bail to Roman Patselyak, the former commander of the Lviv Berkut, who dispersed Maidan in 2014. 17.08.24 15:05 13 333 97 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Maidan cases: Commanders of Lviv, Kharkiv and Sevastopol Berkut are served with new suspicions for dispersing protesters on night of 19 February 2014. PHOTO The commanders of the Berkut special police units of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Lviv, Kharkiv regions and the city of Sevastopol, as well as the assistant chief of staff of the Lviv Berkut, were served with notices of suspicion of organising illegal obstruction of protests on the night of 18-19 February 2014 in the centre of Kyiv. 15.08.24 12:56 1 203 3 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Murder of Verbytskyi and kidnapping of Lutsenko: Volkov, figure in case, was released from custody Oleksandr Volkov, who was charged with organizing the abduction, torture, and murder of Yurii Verbytskyi, as well as the abduction and torture of Ihor Lutsenko, was released from custody. 08.08.24 11:54 12 495 64 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Maidan cases: Law enforcers who fired first shots at protesters on 20 February 2014 have been identified - Prosecutor General’s Office Under the procedural supervision of the prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General, sufficient evidence was gathered and two former law enforcement officers who fired the first shots at the protesters on 20 February 2014 were served with a notice of suspicion. These are the company commander of the Berkut special forces unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Sevastopol and one of the police officers of this unit. 19.06.24 15:43 4 804 18 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Maidan case: Former platoon commander and three employees of Sevastopol "Berkut" were charged with treason. PHOTOS The former commander of the motor transport platoon of the Berkut special police unit in Sevastopol and three other members of the special unit were served with a notice of suspicion of treason. 23.05.24 12:44 1 615 8 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Crimes against Maidan: SBI submits 117 indictments to court, including against all former Ukrainian officials. INFOGRAPHICS Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation reported 239 suspicions, and 117 indictments were submitted to the court against 211 people over the 4 years of investigation of the Maidan cases. 19.02.24 15:25 1 759 10 Previously in trend: Maidan crackdown Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Maidan cases: Former Berkut officer sentenced to 6 years in prison for torturing protesters Following consideration of the appeals filed by prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office and representatives of the victims, the Kyiv Court of Appeal delivered a guilty verdict against a former Berkut police officer accused of torturing protesters at the colonnade of the main entrance to the Dynamo Stadium named after V. Lobanovsky. 21.12.23 18:18 2 560 24 Incidents

About 20 law enforcement officers accused of crimes against participants of the Revolution of Dignity still work in law enforcement agencies - prosecutors About 20 law enforcement officers are still working in law enforcement agencies, who are charged with crimes against participants in the Revolution of Dignity. Currently, there are court verdicts against 23 law enforcement officers. 30.11.23 17:20 1 452 17 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

20 FSB employees of Russian Federation notified of suspicion in Maidan cases The SBI, in cooperation with the SBU, served suspicion notices of aiding and abetting in the commission of high treason on Yanukovych-era SBU leaders and twenty officers of the Russian Federal Security Service during the Revolution of Dignity. 16.10.23 17:30 1 356 15 Incidents

Six people from Berkut who shot Maidan activists on February 20, 2014 be tried. VIDEO Six Berkut officers were directly involved in the mass shootings of Maidan activists. 13.10.23 15:26 4 040 6 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Ex-commander of "Berkut" Patseliak, who dispersed Maidan in 2014, has had two passports of Russian Federation for more than 20 years, - mass media The former commander of Lviv "Berkut" Rostyslav Patseliak was deprived of Ukrainian citizenship because for more than 20 years he has had two passports of the Russian Federation: domestic and foreign, which he has not renounced. Currently, Patseliak is an active serviceman in the reserve of the Russian Federation. 10.10.23 09:21 6 569 17 Incidents

"Where is Tatarov?" Yanukovych and power department leadership of those times, except Tatarov, will be tried in biggest Maidan case. VIDEO Investigators have completed the investigation into the organisation of the dispersal and shootings of participants in the Revolution of Dignity on 18-20 February 2014. 04.10.23 16:37 19 478 118 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

During year, 27 persons were notified of suspicion in "Maidan cases", 25 indictments against 55 persons were sent to courts Despite challenges related to military aggression, during the year, under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the specialized Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, suspicion was reported to 27 persons, of whom at the time of the crimes they were charged with: 2 high-ranking officials, 17 law enforcement officers, including 2 prosecutors and 1 investigator , 1 judge, 7 civilians. 20.02.23 11:17 532 24 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War

Day of Heroes of Heavenly Hundred: "Fight - fight! God helps you! For you is truth, for you is glory. And will is holy!". VIDEO The day of February 20, 2014 became a turning point in the confrontation between Ukrainians and Yanukovych’s criminal regime. 20.02.23 09:36 4 409 15 Previously in trend: War

Court allowed arrest of Yanukovych in case of shooting of demonstrators, - Prosecutor General’s Office With the participation of the prosecutors of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure in the form of detention of the former president of Ukraine. 17.01.23 15:49 1 804 18 Incidents

Court permits special investigation against SBU ex-head for 'Maidan cases' Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has given permission to conduct a special pretrial investigation into the "Maidan cases" against the former head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) said. 23.12.20 17:53 1 524 4 Ukrainian Politics

Yanukovych's lawyers say prosecutors disrupt hearing on choosing preventive measure The defense of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych announces the postponement of the court hearing to choose measure of restraint for Yanukovych in the "Maidan case" because of the statement of prosecutors to clarify the Court of Appeal's decision. "The scheduled for today the regular court hearing on this case was disrupted due to the submission by the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office of applications to clarify the decision of the Court of Appeal, which cancelled the arrest of Viktor Yanukovych in absentia," Yanukovych's lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday. 22.12.20 15:52 1 078 9 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

State Bureau of Investigations suspects two former judges who illegally restricted freedom of Maidan activists Investigators of Special Department of the State Bureau of Investigations of Ukraine have completed pre-trial investigation against two former judges of a district court of Cherkasy city. 27.05.20 11:52 2 027 11 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Police detain suspect in case on abduction of Euromaidan activists Verbytskyi, Lutsenko The police have detained a suspect in the case on the murder of Yurii Verbytskyi and abduction of Ihor Lutsenko in January 2014, lawyer Yevhenia Zakrevska said. 10.03.20 15:58 6 811 10 Incidents

Ukrainian president meets with Euromaidan participants. PHOTOS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi met on December 5 with former students who organized Euromaidan protests and were injured in the center of Kyiv on the night of November 29-30, 2013, the presidential press service has reported. 06.12.19 11:57 19 500 301 Ukrainian Politics

Pashynskyi’s life and health menaced – SBI The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) states that life and health of former member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the People's Front parliamentary faction, Serhii Pashynskyi, are menaced. 07.11.19 17:24 7 491 56 Previously in trend: Justice