Ukraine’s glamorous new Patrol Police is only the tip of the iceberg in Ukraine’s law-enforcement system reform. A vast majority of the National Police workers will be hired from ex-militia staff, including Berkut, the special unit infamously known for their violent pacification of the protests two years ago.
EuroMaidan press: Unpunished for Maidan pacification, Berkut militia becomes Ukraine’s New Police
An anti-government opposition activist guards as Berkut special police examine a barricade of the opposition in Kyiv on Feb. 2, 2014.
