Ukraine Prosecutor Orders Detention Of 10 Former Top Officials

Ukraine Prosecutor Orders Detention Of 10 Former Top Officials
An anti-Yanukovych protester warms himself next to a fire as he guards a barricade in a street heading to Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Friday pledged to fight for his country's future, in his first public appearance since disappearing from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
An anti-Yanukovych protester warms himself next to a fire as he guards a barricade in a street heading to Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Friday pledged to fight for his country's future, in his first public appearance since disappearing from Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

KIEV, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Prosecutor General on Friday ordered the detention of 10 top former government, security and military officials on suspicion of mass murder in the capital Kiev.

The list, issued on the prosecutor general's website, includes former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka, former Interior Minister Valery Zakharchenko, ousted president Viktor Yanukovich's administration chief Andry Klyuev and former Justice Minister Olena Lukash.

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