2011 Vasylkiv terror plot

Vasylkiv terrorists case
Part of Euromaidan
LocationBoryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Date24 August 2011 (Independence Day of Ukraine) By then the statue had been already removed.[1]
TargetStatue of Lenin
Attack type
Attempted bombing
WeaponsExplosives
Injured0
AccusedVolodymyr Shpara, Ihor Mosiychuk and Serhiy Bevza
Verdict8 years in prison
ConvictionsConvicted released following the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution

The Vasylkiv terrorists case[a] was an alleged terror plot of three far-right activists ("the Vasylkiv terrorists"[2]) attempting to blow up a statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Ukrainian city of Boryspil in August 2011.[3] The statue was removed in June 2011, before the alleged incident was supposed to take place.[1] The three suspects were arrested on 22 August 2011.[4]

Immediately after the three defendants were jailed for six years on 10 January 2014, violent clashes between the Ukrainian police and about a hundred protesters that had gathered at the courthouse broke out.[3][5][6]

Following the Revolution of Dignity, on February 24 they were released.[7]

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  3. ^ a b Dozens hurt as fresh clashes erupt in Ukraine Archived 14 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Euronews (11 January 2014)
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  7. ^ Ukrainian MP wounded after explosion In Kyiv: What we know as of now MP Ihor Mosiychuk, Euromaidan Press (26 October 2017)


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