KIEV, July 17. /TASS/. The leader of Ukraine’s extremist group Right Sector suggested on Friday an amnesty for members of his group who had taken part in clashes with local authorities in Mukachevo, Ukraine’s southwestern Transcarpathian Region.
Dmytro Yarosh said they deserved an amnesty as participants in a military operation in Ukraine’s south-eastern Donbas.
He warned the authorities and law enforcement officers of Mukachevo against killing members of the organization who were hiding in the woodland. "We will have to protect our fighters, and not only there, as liquidation will take place not only in Transcarpathian Region," Yarosh said.
He also said he expected support from the local population.
In developments of Saturday, July 11, in the city of Mukachevo, some 20 militants of the Right Sector extremist organization opened fire from small arms during a conflict with their opponents with whom they discussed "distribution of influence areas".
The extremists then opened fire from assault rifles, heavy machineguns and grenade launchers at police officers who arrived at the site, destroyed several police vehicles, as well as set on fire a traffic police checkpoint and a filling station. Three people were killed, and another 11 were wounded. Prosecutors classified what happened in Mukachevo as a terrorist attack.
The Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office reports that 12 members of the Right Sector participating in the conflict have been identified, four of them detained. The whereabouts of six people is still not known. Search for them continues.
In November 2014, the Russian Supreme Court outlawed the Right Sector as an extremist organization.
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