UKRAINE: POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING PRESIDENTIAL COMPOUND REFUSE OFFER TO JOIN UKRAINE'S OPPOSITION

Record ID: 230481

  • Title: UKRAINE: POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING PRESIDENTIAL COMPOUND REFUSE OFFER TO JOIN UKRAINE'S OPPOSITION
  • Date: 27th November 2004
  • Summary: (U6) KIEV, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 27, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV OF SCENE AROUND OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT 0.07 2. SV POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE OPPOSITION ARRIVING TO TRY AND PERSUADE THEIR COLLEAGUES AT THE PRESIDENCY TO JOIN THEM 0.15 3. LV OF OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS AND RIOT POLICE FACING OFF NEAR BUILDINGS 0.19 4. TV/SLV POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF THE OPPOSITION ARRIVING AT THE DIVIDING LINE TO PERSUADE THEIR COLLEAGUES GUARDING THE BUILDINGS TO JOIN THEM/ CROWD CHEERING (3 SHOTS) 0.43 5. SV/MCU OF SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER ACROSS THE DIVIDE AT THE PRESIDENCY BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 0.59 6. SV POLICE OFFICER SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION TRYING TO PERSUADE THEIR COLLEAGUES TO SWITCH SIDES 1.09 7. SV OF THE DIVIDING LINE/ SENIOR OFFICERS IN CONVERSATION 1.15 8. SV/TV OF PRO-GOVERNMENT POLICE OFFICERS STANDING IN LINE/ SENIOR OFFICER EXPLAINING THEY CANNOT SWITCH SIDES AS THEY ARE DUTY BOUND TOP PROTECT AND SERVE THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE/THE DIVIDING LINE (2 SHOTS) 1.24 9. LV OF SCENE/ LINES OF POLICE WITH RIOT SHEILDS 1.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVADYR8IRT67IPGJFTS3M4CLX3NW
  • Story Text: Police officers guarding presidential compound
    refuse offer to join Ukraine's opposition.





    Some senior officers from Kiev's police force who in
    recent days joined the ranks of the opposition appealed to
    their comrades on Saturday (November 27) to also switch
    sides.

    A group of police officers with the ranks of Lieutenant
    and Major turned up at the offices of the president in the
    Ukrainian capital. At the offices of the president, they
    called on their colleagues guarding the buildings from
    supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko to join
    the "people".

    The police units guarding the presidential compound
    refused to accept the offer, saying they were duty bound to
    protect the buildings and serve the constitution of
    Ukraine.

    On the sixth consecutive day of street protests against
    a disputed presidential poll, tens of thousands of
    protesters continued to blockade government buildings.



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