KIEV, Sept. 1 – The Radical Party faction leader Oleh Liashko, announcing his withdrawal from Ukraine's government coalition, accused the authorities of complicity in the 2013 Maidan killings, saying "Those who killed our brothers on Maidan are today sitting in the Verkhovna Rada."

"On behalf of the Radical Party faction, I am announcing our decision to withdraw from the coalition," Liashko told reporters after a parliament sitting on Tuesday.