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Kyiv, 31 March 2014 \u2013 \u201cToday, at the meeting of commanders of sotnias (Ukrainian for squads, typically consisting of 100 men) we are to discuss creating a new Maidan perimeter,\u201d said Mykola Tokar, commander of the Arkada sotnia, during a briefing at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center dedicated to commemorating 40 days since the Maidan shootings on February 20. \u201cSome barricades are no longer necessary, they need to be torn down, with only checkpoints left, to avoid obstructing the traffic. However, I wouldn\u2019t remove the Lviv Gate and the Instytutska barricade,\u201d Mr. Tokar explained.<\/p>\n

Participants of the tragic events emphasize that it is important to preserve some elements of the barricades as memorials. \u201cThere are shields at the Arkada barricade with the names and the time of death of the fighters written on them. I asked the sotnia commander to keep this perimeter because of the historical significance of the barricade. You could even see bloodstains there until they were washed off by rain. We hadn\u2019t touched anything there until the 20th, and we still don\u2019t let anyone walk there. We keep the fire burning and stay on guard 24 hours a day. The fire we keep at our barricade is the eternal fire of the Heavenly Sotnia,\u201d added Anatoliy Mutyl, one of the members of the Arkada sotnia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to commemorate the fallen is by changing the system of power, Mr. Tokar said. –\u00a0 Ukraine of the future is a free and independent state, with justice and equality for everyone. We want a better life, free of lies. Every day I see the tears of parents and relatives of those who were killed, they come to us and ask us to keep on standing to make sure all those deaths were not in vain. \u201d<\/p>\n

Anatoliy Mutyl\u00a0had tears in his eyes as he reminisced about the events of February 19 when he was at the barricade next to the monument to the founders of Kyiv: \u201cWe were just starting to reinforce the barricade when explosions went off, and then I felt the taste of tear gas. I remember girls bringing water and milk. The flame was really close, but still the guys were singing. The first wounded protester was carried on a shield, because there were no stretchers. It was hard to walk through the heat, ash and wires. I was shocked to see the protesters\u2019 wounds \u2013 they were shot in the heart and on the head. The doctors were there all the time, occasionally clearing a passageway through the crowd to carry the wounded. At the end of that night we reinforced the barricades preparing to fend off the assault. Locals brought tires and petrol and mixed Molotov cocktails. Young girls, only about 12 \u2013 15 years of age, \u2013 I have no idea how they got there \u2013 were scraping powder off sparklers and adding it to the cocktails.\u201d<\/p>\n

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