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Ukrainian law enforcers deny use of firearms in clashes with protesters

KIEV, February 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian law enforcers have not been using firearms to cut short disturbances in Kiev, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

When enforcing order and during operations to confine mass disturbances in the center of Kiev the militiamen and servicemen of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry have not been using firearms, the press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.

The character of the wounds found on the bodies of the dead citizens prompts a presumed conclusion that the bodily injuries might have been caused to the victims by the most aggressive protesters, it said.