Maidan self-defense units to block government quarter on Feb 18 - commandant

The council of the Maidan All-Ukrainian Union at a meeting on February 13 discussed the possibility of the Maidan's self-defense units blocking the government quarter on February 18, Euromaidan commandant, Batkivschyna MP Andriy Parubiy, has said.

"At the meeting we discussed a plan for an offensive on Tuesday. We will block the government quarter," he said in comments to the Segodnya newspaper.

Parubiy declined to go into details, explaining that he was ready to discuss them with people who are ready to take more than 1,000 people to the rally.

A people's assembly will be held on Independence Square in Kyiv on Sunday, February 16, to discuss a "peace offensive."