President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky next week intends to meet with young protesters who were brutally attacked by the Berkut riot police at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square (Independence Square) in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2013.
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UNIAN: Zelensky seeks meeting with students beaten by Berkut
Berkut riot police officers attack anti-govenment protesters on the European Square in central Kyiv on Nov. 25, 2013. Backed by black-clad regular riot police, the blue-and-gray uniformed Berkut were involved in the most brutal attempts to suppress the protests that eventually drove former President Viktor Yanukovych from power.
