National Guardsmen Mourn Soldiers Killed in Kiev Blast
Ukrainian national guardsmen on Thursday, September 3, attended the funeral for the two soldiers killed in an explosion near the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev on Monday. The two soldiers died from the wounds sustained during a grenade blast at a violent nationalist protest after the parliament approved the first reading of President Petro Poroshenko’s constitutional amendment proposals for decentralization.
The Kyiv Post reported on Thursday that 16 people had been taken into custody for suspected involvement in the clashes and a further two people were under house arrest. Credit: YouTube/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
