Kyiv clears its own soldiers on the Azov building near Kyiv.
The National Guard has concluded its internal investigation into reports that servicemen held people inside the Azov unit building on Petropavlovskaia Borshchagovka, outside Kyiv.
Ukraine's interior minister, Ivan Vygovsky, told the parliament that no offense was found among the soldiers. The State Bureau of Investigation will continue its own investigation.
"First, the place was officially used by the National Guard. Second, there were not 40 hostages, and of course no one died. Third, the police and guards acted professionally. We did not allow anyone to be injured, not to mention killed, during the operation," Vigovsky said during the government's question time.
Meanwhile, 13 people protesting outside the building were arrested, and many of them are already in pre-trial detention.
Nothing was found in the investigation of the soldiers, and the protesters are the ones in prison.