This was reported by espreso.tv

This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office.

These are former commanders of the Berkut regiment and special company, subordinated to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv.

The investigation established that on February 20, 2014, on Instytutska Street, law enforcement officers used firearms against peaceful protesters in pursuance of a criminal order. As a result, 48 people were killed and 90 protesters received gunshot wounds.

"The commanders of the Kyiv Berkut regiment and special company, realizing that their subordinates had committed mass murders and attempted murders of protesters, decided to hide the traces of the crimes and destroy the murder weapons", law enforcement officers found.

It is noted that for this purpose, on February 21, 2014, the defendants organized and ensured the movement and removal of firearms used in the commission of crimes. We are talking about 24 AKMS assault rifles, a Dragunov sniper rifle, and 4 shotguns.

The weapons were taken from the territory of the Berkut's location to an unspecified location, where they were illegally destroyed by cutting them into pieces and removing serial numbers.

"After that, some of the destroyed firearms were drowned in a tributary of the Dnipro River — the Vita River, and some were buried on its bank. In addition, the regimental commander took possession of particularly important official documents of the Berkut PMO, which contained traces of crimes, and took all the necessary steps to disappear these documents", the statement said.

Thus, he tried to complicate the identification of subordinate law enforcement officers who committed mass murders and attempted murders.

• On April 4, it became known that the SBI completed an investigation into the former head of the Berkut in Crimea. He is accused of using force against Maidan activists.