烏克蘭：亞努科維奇在俄羅斯幫助下命令槍殺抗議者

Ukrainian officials are blaming Russian agents and the country's ousted pro-Russian president for two days of bloodshed earlier this year at the height of anti-government protests that claimed more than 100 lives. Authorities say many of the dead were killed by sniper fire.

The mystery of the Kyiv protesters' deaths in February has fueled talk of conspiracies. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the demonstrators themselves were the gunmen, acting to discredit the government of then-president Viktor Yanukovych.

On Thursday, acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov linked special police from its Ministry of Internal Affairs, acting under orders of Mr. Yanukovych, to the killing of at least 17 protesters. He said 12 "Berkut" police have been identified and that authorities have begun arresting them.

For his part, Ukraine's security service chief ((Valentyn Nalyvaychenko)) said evidence shows Russian agents were involved in "the planning and implementation" of the deadly February 18-20烏克蘭官員譴責俄羅斯特工和親俄羅斯的前烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇要爲今年早些時候反政府抗議活動進行到最高潮時發生的兩天流血事件負責，流血事件造成1百多人喪生。有關當局說，很多喪生者是狙擊手打死的。

今年2月基輔抗議者之死的迷局充滿了陰謀論。俄羅斯總統普京認爲，示威者自己就是槍擊者，他們製造流血，以此讓時任總統亞努科維奇的政府背黑鍋。

烏克蘭代理內務部長阿瓦科夫星期四把內務部按照亞努科維奇總統的命令行事的特警和至少17名抗議者的被殺聯繫在一起。他說，12名“金雕”特種警察的身份已經確認，當局已開始逮捕他們。

烏克蘭國家安全局局長納裏瓦伊琴科稱，有證據顯示俄羅斯特工 “參與計劃並實施了” 2月18日到20日在烏克蘭首都造成人員傷亡的行動。