On February 19, the Brovary City District Court was to hear the indictment against fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and security forces on charges of organizing the dispersal and shooting of people on February 18-20, 2014. However, Yanukovych's lawyers did not appear at the hearing. Therefore, the court panel declared a recess until March 3, 10:00.
This was reported by a correspondent of Suspilny from the courtroom.
The meeting was attended by prosecutors and some of the victims.
The panel of judges raised the issue of the possibility of considering the case in the absence of the defendant's defense. The prosecutor asked to postpone the hearing and ensure the presence of Yanukovych's defense attorneys.
According to the prosecutor, the defense has eight lawyers. Two of them are private lawyers, the rest were appointed by the state. The court panel has declared a recess until March 3.
Session in the Brovary City District Court in the Yanukovych case regarding the shootings of activists on Maidan in 2014. Social News/Stanislav Svyryd
What is known about the consideration of Yanukovych's case in the Brovary City District Court regarding the shootings on Maidan in 2014
The preparatory hearing in the Maidan shootings case lasted a year and a half. As Denys Ivanov, the prosecutor in charge of Maidan cases, told Ukrinform, during 2025 the Brovary City District Court scheduled seventeen court hearings, of which only ten took place.
Court hearings were postponed due to the absence of lawyers, their refusal to receive access to state secrets, as well as due to the expiration of the business trip of the judge presiding over the case, Natalia Sirenko.
This is the fourth sentence that Viktor Yanukovych is expected to receive in a Ukrainian court.
On January 20, 2026, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine sentenced the fugitive ex-president to 15 years in prison in absentia for illegally seizing land in Sukholuchya.
Last April, Yanukovych was sentenced to 15 years in prison for inciting desertion and organizing illegal crossing of the state border.
In 2019, former President Viktor Yanukovych was sentenced to 13 years in prison for high treason.