Those were men of about forty or fifty, and as they reached us, those in front dropped their shields on the ground and fed down on their knees: "Brothers! Forgive us it took so long to come!"
It was the support from Lviv. That morning first buses with protesters from Lviv reached the capital. The next day another dozen buses arrived from Lviv and Ternopil. It took incredible effort to break through and reach the Maidan: all roads around Kyiv were blocked by Berkut.
February 20
Around 9 am Berkut, which kept storming the Maidan all night, suddenly left its positions and moved uphill along Instytutska street. The activists perceived it as a withdrawal and moved after Berkut—and got into a trap, becoming an easy target for snipers.
The number of casualties immediately rose to dozens. Peop
