KYIV. Dec 2 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko has apologized to Ukrainians for the excessive use of force in Independence Square in the early hours of Saturday.
"On behalf of Board members and myself I would want to bring apologies for the excessive use of force against participants in the action in the square… I would want to say that energetic action was not part of the Interior Ministry plan," he said at a Sunday session of the Interior Ministry Board.